Sterotypes
- Asian people: Rich, business people, religious, have been portrayed as terrorists, good at making curry. Own cornershops. They have big families and the all live in one house with all relatives.
- Travellers: AKA gypsies, are usually Irish/foreign (Bulgarian/Romanian). We associate them with fun fairs, live in caravans, they take over peoples land/destroy it. They make a mess and steal. Lacking in education. Wear vests and jeans and slobber everywhere sometimes long hair. Excess of lynx. Women wear big dresses and hooped gold earrings. British/Irish travellers prefer to be called ‘Travellers’
- Polish people: cheap labour. Poor. Have young families. Own kebab, chicken, pizza shops. Take all of our jobs. e.g. builders
Examples of Stereotypes
- žGypsies: in waterloo road they moved there caravans onto the school grounds, many people were unhappy and they confronted them with conflict. It caused many problems and the police got involved.
- ž Also in the Simpsons homers house got taken over by gypsies and they had to fight there way back in and they drove them out.
- ž These two examples only represent a small number of gypsies, but these stereotypes paint a negative picture when realistically we know they are not all bad.
- žPolish people: in coronation street there were two polish girls who Carla employed. They were both illegal immigrants and one of them died so Carla had to cover it up by hiding her body. The other one, called Vicki carried on working and no one liked her. She was a good worker and she tried to make friends. People began to like her after a while and she was then treated like everyone else. žThis shows that stereotypical views can be changed.
- ž Asian people: the Masoods in Eastenders have there own business which is typical of a Muslim family. They own a curry place and are good at making it which is a typical representation of an Asian family. They speak in a typical Indian accent.
- žIndeed the Masoods have recently been praised as one of the most realistic "ethnic" families to ever have inhabited soap land, and certainly one of the few not to be subjected to the usual stereotypical storylines such as owning a corner shop, being subjected to racially motivated attacks, etc.
- ž We have also seen Syed realise he is gay, this bends the stereotypical view of Muslim’s as they believe that being homosexual is wrong and it is forbidden in Islam
The 'brown' race
- ž“Brown” is often the general term used to describe the category of South Asian races
- žAlthough there are several countries who make up part of this geographic area, most notably Indians are stereotyped
- žIndians are the “comic relief” for dominant white culture, including ridiculing other countries such as Sri Lanka or Bangladesh
- ž The following clips are examples of such stereotyping in Hollywood films, mainly produced by the dominant White society
Examples of representation of ethnicity are movies like 'Bend It Like Beckham'
- žEmphasizes the overarching patriarchal structure of Indian people, stereotypes it, and imposes it on the characters
- ž Again, Indian people are portrayed to be culturally backward, as compared to western sensibilities
- žCannot escape the illusion of typical Indians – scene with commentator shows dominant culture dumbstruck if Browns do not fit into their stereotype
Tessa Perkins
žShe 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.
žA 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. Common representation of race
- Typical stereotype of an Asian woman = doctors or accountantsﾉnot artists".
- stereotypes of black men being lazy, promiscuous, bad fathers and obsessed with rap".
- Black women were obsessed with how much money a man earned and were "strait-laced" compared to white women when it came to sex.
- Asian people are perceived as invaders or karate experts.
- Hispanic people as comics, banditos or gang members.
- Native Americans as savages, victims, cowards or medicine men
- People from Middle East are seen as terrorists or oil sheiks. In video games - 79 per cent of African-American males were shown as verbally and physically aggressive, compared to 57 per cent of white males.
- “On TV, black people are depicted as poor nearly twice as often as their true incidence.”
- “Black people tend to be stereotyped as criminal”
- “Black people are stereotyped as late arrivers.”
- “White people can’t dance.”
- “ Asian people own corner shops in England.”
Black people
Usually linked to black men
Crime
Living in slums
On welfare
Need help from community
Less intelligent
Over sexual
White people
Dumb blondes
Greedy
Materialistic
Businessmen
Middle/upper class
Posh/ well spoken
Asian people
Doctors
Engineers
Mathematicians
Newsagents- small businesses – entrepreneur
Ignorant
Extremely smart people
Men are threats to white women
Insensitive
Disrespectful towards women
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