Representation of Ethnicity

Ethnicity

The Fact or state of belonging to a social group that has a common national or cultural tradition.

Multicultural Britain 

• 4.6 million people in the UK are from ethnic minority backgrounds
• 7.9% of total population 
• Over half of these are from Asian backgrounds
• One quarter of this is from a black origin 
• of the total number of ethnic minority people 5.3% are Chinese and 5% from other ethnic backgrounds.

Ethnic stereotypes

Black 

• Good at sport
• Rappers
• Violent
• Like eating Chicken 

White

• Posh 
• Love drinking tea
• Food 
• Stuck up 

Asians

• Smart
• Good at classical instruments
• Strict morals 
• Own a corner shop 
• Work hard  

Polish 

• Work at car washes 
• Hard working
• Work together 
• Manual worker

Welsh 

• Sheep
• Rugby
• Farmers
• Drink in alot of pubs

Ethnicity in TV drama

EastEnders

The three main Ethnicity groups that are being represented in EastEnders are the White, Asian and Black groups. 

Asian- Masood Family

The Masood Family supports the stereotypical interpretations of Indian Asians. Masood is a low payed post man. Tamwar also supports this by being smart enough to get into a high University but declined to run a Curry house. Zahnab was mainly a house wife with a part time job at the mini mart. 

 How ever their eldest Son went against the stereotypical Indian Asian beliefs. In the Qu'ran it states that if you follow the religion it is against the religion to have  relationships with the same sex. Even with this Syed turned gay therefore going against the typical Indian Asian. 

 

White For the stereotype- Dot Branning 

Dot Branning supports the stereotype of the typical British Tea drinker, Church going, Stuck up Britain. In most episodes that she is shown in she is always drinking tea and/or talking about her religious beliefs. 

White Against the Stereotype- The Butchers

The Butcher Family goes against the stereotype for the White British, This is because Bianca Goes into prison because she assaulted another character in the show. Their Dialect inst the typical Posh accent that foreigners believe British people have. 

Black- Dexter 

Dexter supports the stereotype for Black people, in his previous life he was known to steal and cause trouble by being in a gang. This supports the stereotypical gangster.