http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2012/03/17/from-our-archives-st-patricks-day-2/ Sociological Images encourages people to exercise and develop their sociological imaginations with discussions of compelling visuals that span the breadth of sociological inquiry. Fri, 10 Apr 2015 14:32:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2012/03/17/from-our-archives-st-patricks-day-2/comment-page-1/#comment-548611 Sat, 17 Mar 2012 22:49:00 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=45713#comment-548611 I believe the connection is discussed in the other article. It’s theorized that the bigotry in the UK focused on people with red hair may have been originally caused by anti-Irish sentiments. No, being Irish doesn’t mean having red hair, but bigotry and ignorance has intertwined the two in many minds.

]]> http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2012/03/17/from-our-archives-st-patricks-day-2/comment-page-1/#comment-548610 Sat, 17 Mar 2012 21:38:00 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=45713#comment-548610 why should we “see also, Gingerism”?  Are you implying irish=red hair?

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