Unlucky? Photo: Conny Liegl/Flickr CC

Attacks on redheads and albinos are one the rise, everywhere, as the rabble lock on to scapegoats, to blame for their increasingly bad luck.

Since 2007, at least 44 Tanzanian albinos have been killed and 14 in Burundi. Some organizations have put the number at more than 50 in Tanzania.

via Report: Scores of albinos in hiding after attacks – CNN.com.

In parts of Africa, albinos are believed to bring bad luck to their families. But in pieces, they are good luck charms.

(The associate rector at St. Michael’s Church in Milton, Mass., is headed with his wife to Tanzania, meanwhile. I wish them well.)

Back in the States, it’s all about “Kick a Jew Day,” and “Kick a Ginger Day.”

Massachusetts recently has seen its share of Nazi imagery, and several flashes of anger directed toward its substantial Jewish population. (There have been 15 hate crimes reported in Newton this year.)

Readheads in this densely Irish state, have not been targeted.