Tuesday, 1 December 2015

Representation of ethnicity

Stereotypes:
Black- angry black woman, not a lot of money, sons are drug dealers, savage, servant, unintelligent    
White-The only people that earn good money, rich, big houses and cars, arrogant, self centered, unknowledgeable about other cultures, 2 children, married, straight, blonde hair blue eyes. Teenagers are stereotypes for being chavs, naughty, wearing tracksuits, drugs, drink, smoking, not clever, no motivation. 
South Asian(India, Pakistan, Afghanistan) - Make a fuss about nothing, work for a low wage, polluting British air when they emigrated there, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis are more aggressive and form gangs
East Asian(Russia)- 

The countertypes for these are that they are intelligent, have a well paid job e.g doctor, nurse, police officer and anything else high up, nice, generous, respectful.




Top Boy
This programme has mainly got black people in it, this meets the stereotype of the typical "black teenager" which is that they are dangerous, drug dealers, listen to urban music, and wear tracksuits. This film is an overview of the stereotypical black teenager, however this is is just a stereotype seen as not all are like this.




Skins
Thomas from skins would be classed as exotic seen as his accent is very strong and at the start his english isn't so good. He is from a different country therefore he could be seen as an "other" person because of what he looks like and how he talks. Also in skins there are characters such as Effy and Cooks who fit the stereotypes of a teenager perfectly, they go school some days, do drugs, party, drink loads don't have much motivation in life. However the characters Anwar and JJ countertype this seen as JJ can't do drugs, doesn't drink and is focus on work and his future, this is the same with Anwar, he does loads of revision for all of his exams and his mates admit that too later on in the programme.




CSI
The character Warrick is park of the CSI, stereotyping him from his appearance shows that he doesn't meet the stereotype for it seen as he's in a well paid and high up job, he challenges the stereotype which makes it a countertype, however he would be stereotypes as being a very small percentage of jobs like this seen as they are overall classed as a uneducated race.

1 comment:

  1. I am glad to see that you have researched the stereotypes for one of the areas. However, this work is incomplete. Sort it.

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