Stereotypes
English :
- White - racist, drug users,
- Black - criminal, violent,
- Indian - poor, working class,
- Pakistinian - terrorists,
- Syrian - refugees, terrorists, troublemakers,
- Asian - poor drivers, intelligent, bankers,
American :
- White - racist, homophobic, gun toters,
- African American - criminal, violent,
- Mexican - job stealers, manual workers,
- Asian - poor drivers, intelligent, bankers,
“The legacy of several hundred years of western expansion and hegemony, manifested in racism and exoticism, continues to be recycled in western culture in the stereotypical images of non-western cultures.” - Pieterse 1992
Whiteness has been naturalized, as though it is an invisible ‘norm.’ When it is of course an ethnic group like any other. - Sarita Malik 1998
Stuart Hall highlighted in 1981 when he argued; "There is a grammar of race based on a traditional diet for the British Media that is based on the standard image of blackness being the social problem."
"We don't want a balanced view. The whole society is unbalanced against us," - Sivanandan 1983
