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  2. Discrimination against people with red hair - Wikipedia

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    The term "ginger" is considered by some to be pejorative or offensive, with some considering it only acceptable when used by a person with red hair to refer to themselves or others with red hair. [ 20 ] [ 24 ] [ 43 ] [ 44 ] The use of the term to refer to persons with red hair may be a reference to the spicy ginger root , an amplification of ...

  3. List of disability-related terms with negative connotations

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    Some people consider it best to use person-first language, for example "a person with a disability" rather than "a disabled person." [1] However identity-first language, as in "autistic person" or "deaf person", is preferred by many people and organizations. [2] Language can influence individuals' perception of disabled people and disability. [3]

  4. Red hair - Wikipedia

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    Red hair, also known as ginger hair, is a human hair color found in 2–6% of people of Northern or Northwestern European ancestry and lesser frequency in other populations. It is most common in individuals homozygous for a recessive allele on chromosome 16 that produces an altered version of the MC1R protein.

  5. Woman Fired For Being Too Fat. Claiming It's a Disability. - AOL

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    Fat people often are not hired because of discrimination. Employers might even be more hesitant to hire fat people if the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission [EEOC] is successful in a lawsuit ...

  6. Any sane person of my complexion would think twice about stepping out in all this lovely weather

  7. Being Ginger - Wikipedia

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    Being Ginger is a 2013 documentary/romantic comedy film directed, produced, and starring Scott P. Harris. It starts off as the filmmaker, an American redhead living in Scotland, goes on a quest to try to find a mythical woman who specifically likes ginger men. Over the course of the film it becomes more about the long-term impact of schoolyard ...

  8. Dad says daughter was called 'this': Angry parents protest ...

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    A crowd of community members gathered under gray skies Sunday afternoon outside the Maryland Cracker Barrel where a group of special needs and autistic children were denied dine-in service earlier ...

  9. Models of disability - Wikipedia

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    Models of disability are analytic tools in disability studies used to articulate different ways disability is conceptualized by individuals and society broadly. [1] [2] Disability models are useful for understanding disagreements over disability policy, [2] teaching people about ableism, [3] providing disability-responsive health care, [3] and articulating the life experiences of disabled people.