Red: A History of the Redhead review - what's racism got to do with it?

By Michelle Griffin
Updated September 20 2015 - 10:08am, first published September 14 2015 - 1:41pm
<i>Red</i> by Jacky Colliss Harvey.
<i>Red</i> by Jacky Colliss Harvey.
Bocca Baciata  (1859) by 
Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
Bocca Baciata (1859) by Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
Prince Harry, one of the best known modern-day redheads shares a high five with Ethan Toscan, 12, from Bruce. Photo: Kym Smith
Prince Harry, one of the best known modern-day redheads shares a high five with Ethan Toscan, 12, from Bruce. Photo: Kym Smith
<i>Red</i> by Jacky Colliss Harvey.
<i>Red</i> by Jacky Colliss Harvey.
Bocca Baciata  (1859) by 
Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
Bocca Baciata (1859) by Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
Prince Harry, one of the best known modern-day redheads shares a high five with Ethan Toscan, 12, from Bruce. Photo: Kym Smith
Prince Harry, one of the best known modern-day redheads shares a high five with Ethan Toscan, 12, from Bruce. Photo: Kym Smith
<i>Red</i> by Jacky Colliss Harvey.
<i>Red</i> by Jacky Colliss Harvey.
Bocca Baciata  (1859) by 
Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
Bocca Baciata (1859) by Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
Prince Harry, one of the best known modern-day redheads shares a high five with Ethan Toscan, 12, from Bruce. Photo: Kym Smith
Prince Harry, one of the best known modern-day redheads shares a high five with Ethan Toscan, 12, from Bruce. Photo: Kym Smith

In a yellowed baby book pasted with black-and-white photos, there is one shock of bright colour: a lock of hair from my first trim, still shining the colour of strawberry jam.

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