Friday, May 4, 2012

Different hair, don't care.

In an episode of  ABC's 20/20 "What Would You Do?" showed how people with red hair easily get picked on. The purpose of this show is to have people reenact different real life situations to see what people would do about them and they realized that everything was just played out. On the show, an actor with ginger red hair did a reenactment of how he was constantly getting picked on by these actor bullies who always picked on him because his hair color was different. It took place in a restaurant and those bullies had to cause a scene in order for anyone to do something about the situation. One of the bullies said, "it's kick a ginger head day!" and came over to him and literally kicked him in the knee. A woman who was having dinner with her family came over to talk to him once the bullies left and told him that they were jerks and he shouldn't listen to what they say and that he should stand up for himself. Then in the next reenactment they bought in an actress with red hair. This time there were girl bullies who were making fun of her because her hair color is different. One of the actresses who played the bully was speaking out loud and said how her hair color was very "obnoxious." Another woman who was having dinner with her family confronted her and said how she should just leave her alone and she's a beautiful girl and that "every single person here is different from everyone else. There is no reason to pick on them." Once the woman found out everything was played out she was relieved to find out that those bullies weren't actually real bullies and that she was happy to know those girls aren't actually like that. This episode was a life learning experience and teaches people that everyone has different hair colors and they shouldn't be picked on because of it. Imagine you were in their shoes, you wouldn't want to go through what they go through almost everyday.


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