Thirteen high school students in Calgary have been suspended after a red-headed teen was beaten because of the colour of his hair.
The Grade 10 boy was attacked in the locker room of St. Francis High School after gym class Thursday, students told CBC News.
The victim was taken to hospital for examination, and a spokeswoman for the Calgary Catholic School District said Friday he sustained "some minor bruising" to his upper body.
Calgary police are looking into the assault as a possible hate crime.
I'd really like to hear some opinions about this - we've mostly all seen the South Park episode in which this 'ginger hating' theme sprung from, but can schools blame a TV show for bullying and violence in our hallways? Also, what are your thoughts on treating this as a hate-crime?
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the moral of the story is, if you're going to assault someone, make sure they're the same gender, race, sexual-orientation, and hair colour as you.
the funny thing about them blaming south park for the incident is that the episode is a few years old, so its a little interesting that it is coming back. The interesting thing is how prevalent it appears to have been on facebook (again). Interestingly, there were a lot of anti-kick a ginger day groups on there as well. A lot of the groups take an anti-bullying stand-point. What I wonder is, are people using this as an excuse to bully others? Just a thought.
PS. Neither Andrew nor I were kicked last thursday, so at least UVic students were mature enough not to partake.
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