Representation of ethnicity:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QTJTIabbyo

Stereotypes: 

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.

žTypical stereotype of an Asian woman = doctors or accountantsﾉnot artists".

žstereotypes of black men being lazy, promiscuous, bad fathers and obsessed with rap".

žBlack women were obsessed with how much money a man earned and were "strait-laced" compared to white women when it came to sex.

žAsian people are perceived as invaders or karate experts.

žžHispanic people as comics, banditos or gang members.

žNative Americans as savages, victims, cowards or medicine menž

žPeople 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.

ž“On TV, black people are depicted as poor nearly twice as often as their true incidence.”

ž“Black people tend to be stereotyped as criminal”

ž“Black people are stereotyped as late arrivers.”

žž“White people can’t dance.”

ž“ Asian people own corner shops in England.”

Black people

žUsually linked to black men

žCrime

žLiving in slums

žOn welfare

žNeed help from community

žLess intelligent 

žOver sexual

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White people

žDumb blondes

žGreedy

žMaterialistic

žBusinessmen

žMiddle/upper class

žPosh/ well spoken

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Asian people

žDoctors

žEngineers

žMathematicians

žNewsagents- small businesses – entrepreneur

žIgnorant

žExtremely smart people

žMen are threats to white women

žInsensitive

žDisrespectful towards women