Representation of Ethnicity

Tv drama- Some Girls:

Within this TV drama, 'Some girls' there are four main characters with almost all different ethnicity's. One of them is South Asian (Indian) one of them is Black and two of them are White raced.

From the typical stereotypes that we, as a society, carry towards the Indian ethnic origin is that they are typical owners of corner-shops, doctors and cab/taxi drivers. Yet, this teenager does not fit any of those typical stereotypes that are associated with her ethnic group. As a character and the way in which she is presented throughout the drama, she is seen as the clever one within the social group yet conveyed as 'weird' by others within the school. She wants to be socially accepted yet knows that it will never happen- with both boys and girls. This could be a stereotype that her ethnic race does not fit in with others.

The second charactor who is black, and the stereotypes that we have against this ethnic group is that they are often rappers, wear track suits, wear alot of jewellery ans are good at sports. This character throughout the drama does not follow many of these stereotypes yet is part of the schools football team connoting that she is good at sports, following the stereotype. As a character, she is very strong minded and is the most responsible in the group towards her friends yet is more serious than the other three. This can fit the stereotype of that black women in the media are shown as almost always irritable, angry and emotional.



Finally, the stereotypes that fit with the ethnic group of white people are that they smoke, they're rebelious, drink beer, they're unhygenic, that they think that they're better than everyone else and that they're all racist. The first girl, Holli:

Holli is often in trouble at school and has a very violent personality, which fits the stereotype of white people being rather rebelious and aggressive. She is a wild character and can believe that she is better than others due to her quick-temper, which can also fit the last stereotype.



The second white person in the socialn group is Amber:
This character is often protrayed to be in a world of her own, ditsy and seen as 'stupid' by her friends, which does not fit any of the stereotypes for her. She isnt aggressive towards people due to her child-like personality,and therefore her character does not represent any of the typical stereotypes for her ethnic group.