Tuesday, 31 January 2012

Ethnicity

Eastern European

Occupation
- Low paid jobs i.e fast food restaurants
- Portrayed as gangsters
- Trade jobs

Values and Attitudes
- Hard working

Celebrations: Alcoholics 

Asian

Occupation
- Corner shops
- Indian takeaways
- Doctors
- Herbal stores

Values and Attitudes
- Work ethic
- Respect for older generation
- Traditional
- One child family - China
- Arranged marriage
- Religion

Celebrations
- Diwali
- Indian weddings

Black

Occupation
- Drug dealers
- Mothers
- Sprinters
- Basketballs
- Rappers

Values and Attitudes
- Church
- Religion
- Equality
- Family
- Absent fathers


Celebrations
- Drug use (weed)
- Gospel Singing


White

Occupation
- Footballers
- Offices
- Models

Values and Attitudes
- Royal family

Celebrations
- Christmas
- Easter
- Queen's Jubilee

Travellers

Occupation
- Cash in hand jobs
- Farming
- Scrap metal collecting
- Illegal labour
- Criminality

Values and Attitudes
- Community
- Family
- Non - conformist
- Freedom
- Abstinent
- Unity

Celebrations: 
- Bare knuckle fights
- Big weddings
- Big funerals

Unity, difference, conflict, power.
White is the majority,others are minority.

Now we've looked at the stereotypes revolving around different stereotypes, we can now look for them in Tv dramas to see whether they are reinforced or challenged.