2. Ethnicity
• Race: Biological features: skin colour, skin tone...
• Ethnicity: Not just about race. It’s about cultural
identity: tradition, customs, dress food, religion, faith
• Nationality: refers to where you were born
• Saying someone is white doesn’t describe their
ethnicity
• How would you describe your ethnicity?
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9. Tessa Perkins
She said that all stereotypes have a bit of truth about
them which makes them plausible.
For example, she said that most terrorists are Muslim but, not
all Muslims are terrorists.
A stereotype is normally viewed negatively.
Positive representations are called corrective stereotypes
which is where new ideas are created about a previous
group to change our view about them.
10. Ethnic Stereotypes in the Media
• Alvarado’s (1987) stereotypes in the
representation of ethnicity and race:
• EXOTIC
• DANGEROUS
• PITIED
• HUMOUROUS
• And a recent revision of this has added the
SEXUALISED stereotype
11. TV Drama
• Groups from particular ethnicities have storylines
that centre around their culture
• Can you think of any examples???
E.g.
• Indian characters clash with British culture &
their traditional culture e.g. Arranged marriages
• They rarely have storylines that don’t have
anything to do with their ethnicity
• Unfortunately this is usually negative.
12. Representation & TV Drama
• Discuss the ways the extract constructs
representation of ..........
• Initial thoughts about the representation of
the social group......
13. How you are assessed
• 50 marks
• 20 marks: analysis argument
• 20 marks: use of examples in the clip
• 10 marks: use of terminology
14. How is Ethnicity represented in this
clip from Hotel Babylon?
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grAgxe94
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• For your explanation, comment on whether
your example reinforces or subverts the
stereotypes of: EXOTIC, DANGEROUS, PITIED,
HUMOUROUS, SEXUALISED, UNIFIED or in
CONFLICT.
