Wednesday, 8 December 2010

Ethnicity - Stereotypes

Stereotypes of white people in the media:
  • Skinny women
  • strong class structure
  • law abiding
  • blonde women
  • drink alcohol
  • stressed/worry a lot
  • talk about the weather
  • trailer trash/ hillbillies
  • educated/academic
  • eliquent
  • nerdy
  • uptight
  • stiff upper lip
  • stupid characters in films
  • British actors often play bad guys in films
  • bitchy women
  • different hair/eye colours
  • white men cant jump or run fast
  • speak formally/posh
  • recieved pronunciation
  • protestant/catholic
  • dry humour/sarcastic
Stereotypes of black people in the media:
  • big booty's
  • gangsters
  • rappers
  • drugs
  • chilled out/laid back/relaxed
  • black people cant swim
  • black characters tend to be the characters that die in films
  • criminals
  • power hungry
  • cooler than white people
  • more muscular
  • soul music
  • reggae
  • bubbly personalities
  • attitude
  • swagger
  • have own lingo/slang
  • black men are bad fathers
  • single paretn families
  • focus on religion
  • gospel
  • large families