Alvarado’s racial

stereotypes (1978)

Exotic

Ethnic groups are presented as exotic

My example of an exotic

character is the singer Nicki

Minaj. She is always in the

media because of how

different she is. For example her

hair or the way she dresses.

However the stereotype of her

is quite negative because the

media never really say anything

good about her or her music.

Instead they just focus on her

look. However in the music

industry she appears to be in

the dominant group as she

makes good music so is

respected for that. An example

of a character like this is Kim

from EastEnders.

Dangerous

Ethic groups are presented as dangerous

My example of a dangerous

character is Yusef Khan from

EastEnders. He appeared to be a

dangerous man as he was

always in fights, including

slapping his ex wife. This made

the audience have a sense of

fear that something bad was

going to happen when he was

there. This is definitely a negative

representation of his ethnicity as

it suggests everyone with the

same ethnicity as him have

similar characteristics to Yusef.

On the other hand though it

does show his ethnic group as

dominant as he was always in

control of the situation he was in.

Humorous

Ethic groups are represented as funny

Fat Boy is a character in the TV

Drama EastEnders. His

character is quite a humour

character and he doesn’t

really take a lot of things

seriously. This is the main reason

people see him as quite a

funny character because he is

always mucking about making

a lot of jokes. This gives him

and his country Trinidad and

Tobago quite a positive

stereotype that they are quite

light-hearted and like to have

fun. However he seems to be a

subordinate character as some

people walk over him as he

doesn’t tae anything seriously.

Pitied

Ethic groups are represented as weak and in

need – we feel sorry for them

Niger is a country in Africa. It is a

very poor country that have

very little money and everyone

there live on the streets. This is

why our country have a lot of

pity for them and have charity's

such as Children in Need to

raise money for them. This

means their lifestyle is

stereotyped to be very bad as

there a lots of diseases and

deaths there. Overall Niger are

a subordinate group as they

cannot be in control of their

life's as they don’t have the

money to be able to.