Luther Research

positive or negative representation of black character overall:

Luther gives a good representation of Black people. This is because he fights crimes, Where as people stereotype black people to commit them. How ever he also gives a negative representation, whilst being a Police man he also commits crimes. Like letting the man fall at the start of the episode 1. But overall people would grow to love the character because it goes more against the stereotype. 

Accent/ Dialect

Luther's accent and dialect goes against the typical accent we associate with Black people. One stereotype for black people is they are all in gangs and talk like "chavs" where as he is very well spoken with an English Language.

Home Life 

Luther is struggling with his homelife. He found out that his wife was having an affair with another man. This caused him to become quite angry. He has also formed a friendship with another character on the show, Alice, who he was trying to prove her guilty that she committed a murder on her Mum, Dad and dog. despite this they form a friendship. Luther goes to visit her alot when he has problems. Further on in the series they actually murder someone together that kills Luther's wife. 

Work situation/ Rank 

Luther works as a policeman/investigator. This is a very high paid, respected job. This goes against the typical stereotype that people have against black people, that they cant get a good job, and they are only here to get benefits. But Luther goes against this by getting a good paid job that is well respected. 

Ethnic origins of characters 

Alice Morgan- White 

Zoe Luther- Indian/ English 

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.