As much as I like the "leftists / hollywood writers are dyslexic" joke, it really is strange that they have such a hyperfixation on race swapping gingers. What did the Irish do to enrage the goons so much?
It's a weird thing. Red hair used to mean working class or poor. We don't even think about that anymore because of prominent rich red heads, but it was the reference being made when comics were around.
It's even older than you think. Thor represents the working class in Norse legends. He has a hammer, is red haired, and is built wide like farmers and workmen. This got tossed out the window for comics because it seemed ridiculous to have a Norse God be red haired.
Because the highest density of redheads in the world is Ireland and Scotland, and migrants from both were generally not that high up the social ladder historically.
As much as I like the "leftists / hollywood writers are dyslexic" joke, it really is strange that they have such a hyperfixation on race swapping gingers. What did the Irish do to enrage the goons so much?
It's a weird thing. Red hair used to mean working class or poor. We don't even think about that anymore because of prominent rich red heads, but it was the reference being made when comics were around.
It's even older than you think. Thor represents the working class in Norse legends. He has a hammer, is red haired, and is built wide like farmers and workmen. This got tossed out the window for comics because it seemed ridiculous to have a Norse God be red haired.
Because the highest density of redheads in the world is Ireland and Scotland, and migrants from both were generally not that high up the social ladder historically.
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