Tuesday, 30 November 2010

Representation - Race/Ethnicity

Stereotypes - white
Stereotypes - black
Law abiding
Blond, big boobs (perfect)
Alcohol – wine, beer
Class structure obsessed
Stressed, worry a lot
Talk about the weather
Trailer trash/hillbillies/white trash
Educated, academic, eloquent
Nerdy
Uptight, stiff, upper lip
Dumb/stupid
Playing the ‘bad guys’ in films (British men)
Bitchy
Size zero
Different hair and eye colours
‘White men can’t jump’
Can’t run very fast
Protestant/Christian
Sarcastic/dry humour
Big families, small houses, single parents
Big booty
Hip-hop, more musical, rhythmic, gospels
Afro
Crimes, drugs,
Can’t swim very well
Dark hair and eye colours
Well hung
Characters die in films (Deep Blue Sea)
Rappers, gangsters
Relaxed, loud, bubbly, friendly, religious
Power hungry (Mugabe)
Cooler than white people
Muscular, big lips, big noses
Colour ‘black’ always mentioned in news reports
Attitude, swagger, slang/lingo/patois
R.P. (received pronunciation)
Bad fathers, pimps, money

We were then asked to write down what stereotypes we immediately thought of when seeing 'young, black, British male' written down.
- knife crime, drugs, music, out a lot, 'grime', swagger, confidence, gangster clothing etc., aware of the public blaming 'young black men'

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