After years of being picked on, it almost seems that bullies have officially adopted the moniker “ginger” as the nickname of redheads. As a ginger myself, I cannot go a day without hearing the word. However, it doesn’t bother me as I am very used to it by now. It’s sad that humans have to find a way to make fun of everything in this world. Redheads are people too and we couldn’t control the color of our hair. So, I am now going to refute every stigma that goes along with being a ginger and point out things that are true of gingers.

Misconceptions:

1. We have no souls.

A soul is defined as “the spiritual part of a human or animal.” In all honestly, there is no way to even prove if a human has a soul. It is not like we can open our bodies up and search for a soul.

2. Every redhead is Irish.

No, not every redhead in the world is Irish. It is all about genetics. I am not Irish and neither is whoever had the red hair gene in my family.

3. Gingers become vampires when they die.

I thought vampires didn’t exist. Even if they do, there is certainly no way to figure out if a vampire was a ginger in their past life.

4. We are on fire.

OK, this one is obvious. Just look at us, we are not on fire. Unless on the rare occasion a ginger actually is on fire…

5. Extinction is imminent.

Where did you find this information? Wikipedia? We all know what an unreliable source it is by now.

Facts:

1. We do get sunburned a lot.

Some more than others, but gingers always need to make sure to bring sunscreen wherever they go.

2. Redheads are more likely to be left-handed.

Yeah, I am left-handed so I guess this is kind of cool.

3. Red hair and blue eyes is the rarest combination in the world.

It's so rare that I haven’t seen one yet.

4. Bees are more likely to sting gingers.

I didn’t know about this, however, I can attest that I have been stung a lot more than my friends have.

5. Gingers produce their own Vitamin D.

So, the next time I get made fun of for low Vitamin D levels, this is my attack card.

So, the next time you go to make fun a ginger, get your facts straight, or don’t even bully us at all. We have enough problems already.