"Gingers Do Have Souls!"
Ⅰ. Background & Origin
- A red-headed, 18-year old boy named 'Coppercab' uploaded a video called "Gingers Do Have Souls!" on his Youtube Account On January 14th, 2010. Coppercab had been exasperated about being bullied by peers at school for his red hair color. Thus, he took a movie of himself as a monologue, giving a firm message to the watchers. Throughout the movie, he keeps saying "Gingers Do Have Souls!" and "I'm Ginger, and proud of it!" with frequent abusive languages.
In order to deliver his point clearly, Coppercab refutes against the phrase "gingers have no soul". He appeals to the watchers with wrath that he has a right to be respected, and no more bullying upon him should be allowed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY39fkmqKBM
- At this point, "gingers have no soul" was originated from the episode "Ginger Kids" in 'The South Park', which first aired on November 9th, 2005. The beginning of the episode deals with the class presentation made by the character Eric Cartman, on the subject of a fake disease called "Gingervitis" and red-haired children.
http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/103645/gingervitus
Ⅱ. Spread & Effects
- The spread was rapid. Over 3.1 million views and over 600 response videos took place in the first month right after "Gingers Do Have Souls" was uploaded.
- Also, various events and controversies occurred in Canada and US
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/22/california.redhead.attack.facebook/index.html
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=ac06eaac-1cb1-4ee7-8e17-a9b8b314af71
- In order to make fun of Coppercab, many memes have been produced
- Response movies have been produced so far
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjVGEr-6MSI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBAbdwpyjW0
Works Cited
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/gingers-do-have-souls#fn4
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/lilshowstoppa
http://www.facebook.com/search/results.php?flt=1&q=kick+a+ginger+day&type=groups
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