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G322 Common Representations of Specific Social Groups
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6. Common Representation of Ethnicity White Community Dumb blondes Greedy Materialistic Businessmen Middle/upper class Posh/ well spoken The white working/under classes ( particularly young men ), are often represented as loitering and not being interested in their education Asian Community Doctors, engineers entrepreneur and mathematicians Owners of Newsagents- and other small businesses – entrepreneur Ignorant Extremely smart people Young Asian females in particularly are often portrayed as fleeing forced marriages or subject to overly strict parents Insensitive Disrespectful towards women Muslim men are increasingly represented as terrorist and/or vulnerable to extremism. Black Community Usually linked to black men = Crime Living in slums On welfare Need help from community Less intelligent Over sexual