Diversity Assignment
JTC 320
Allison Sylte, a sophomore journalism major, feels discriminated against by her peers because of the color of her hair.
Her fiery red locks make people look at her and treat her differently, she said.
The most significant time she was discriminated against for her hair was on “National Kick a Ginger Day,” she said.
When she was in high school, her friends and peers kicked her all day as a joke, but she said after it a while it stopped being funny.
“I just got sick of it,” she said. “I know I’m a “ginger,” but the jokes get old sometimes.”
She said she felt singled-out and annoyed because her friends simply would not stop.
Sylte also gets frustrated when she is in public with her friend who also has red hair because people automatically assume they’re sisters.
“When people see two blondes or two brunettes together, they don’t assume they’re related,” she said. “I shouldn’t have to feel inferior for having a unique hair color.”
Last week she was in the Lory Student Center with her red-headed friend, and an acquaintance of Sylte’s from one of her classes saw her and came over to chat.
“He said, ‘Oh, I didn’t know you had a sister who went to school here,’” Sylte said. “Everyone always thinks all red-headed people are related. We’re not.”
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