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To the 'racism' issue:

There are three (3) anthropological races:

Caucasoids (Whites and their ilk)

Negroids AKA Nubians (Blacks)

Mongoloids (Asians)

Everything(one) is an offshoot or hybrid of these three original races

Gingers aren't a race, they are Caucasoids. (Of course, sometimes there are albino Monogoloids or Negroids but we'll ignore that).

Beating up this specific grouping of people is a hate crime, it is bigotry, and it is abohrrant, but it is most certainly not racism.

Please stop using racism to condemn actions not performed against a race.

On the South Park issue:

This episode is 3 seasons old. It has no 'kick a ginger day', and the episode basically culminates with gingers forming a 'kill everyone else' society, under the guidance of Cartman who thinks he's a ginger due to some hair dye and clever makeup (unbeknownest to him).

On top of this, the term 'Ginger' has been around for way longer than anyone would believe, just because South Park made it 'in vogue' amongst young people does not (and should not) make them the scapegoat.

Summarily, this was a crime of idiocy and bad parenting. There is no personal responsibility anymore (or responsibility over minors). It will eventually turn into a lawsuit against Matt Parker and Trey Stone and they might even win too, because god forbid someone responsible takes the blame.