Ethnicity

Key Themes in Racial Representation:

Exotic

To be exoctic means to be seen as different and unusual. It is a way of showing people to be 'the other', to not fit it. To see people as exotic, people view people from what is called 'the white eye'. This means that people are seen through a white persons point of view. This could have a big impact of people trying to fit in in certain societys if they are not seen as being 'normal'.

Dangerous

This is when people are seen as being a threat to society. They are also seen to take advantage of society. This theme has been created through ignorance and people not understanding different ethnicity. This also shows peoples underlying racism and the prejudice and discrimination that people are faced with.

Humourous
In the 70's it was popular for race to be used for comedy purposes. Programmes removed the threat of races by making them to butt of the joke. Also, in modern programmes that are made by ethnic minorities, they use the programme to  laugh at themselves.

Pitited
Deprived groups or victims of natural disasters such as famine, flood, conflicts etc. are part of the type of people that are pitied. This is mostly used by charity advertising campaigns that use images of children that are suffering in order to gain sympathy and therefore money.

Sexualised
Often, black men are shown to be sexually violent and therefore are a threat to women. Men and women from ethnic groups are also often seen as sexual objects which can also be linked to the theory of the gaze.

Representation of Ethnicity- Hotel Babylon

Poolside
First, there is a two person shot where we see a black man handing a white man a book. We can see here that the black man is the person who works at the hotel as he is in a suit and is being polite to the person who is staying at the hotel. He then walks away and says 'hello' to another customer. From this, we can see that this character is polite and enjoys his job. We get the impression that he is middle class as he looks well dressed and by the way that he speaks.
He then walks on to be greeted by another person who is also staying at the hotel, who is also black. He comes out of the pool shouting 'Ben!''I thought it was you earlier bro!'. This shows how people from the same race are able to be completely different and how people may expect all black men to talk like the other man and not Ben. When Ben sees his friend, he looks awkward and looks around. This could show that he doesn't want people to know about his past and doesn't want people to know what he used to be like. However, he could not also want his friend to see that he has changed and works in a hotel.
Ben replies to his friend by saying 'Tel, how are you man?'. He has changed the way that he speaks from how he spoke to the customer to how he spoke to his friend. This could show how black people feel like they need to change in order to feel as though they can fit in in society. He also changes his body-language and bends over a little rather than standing up straight. He also looks quite sad and as though he doesn't want to be there when he is speaking to his friend.
When Ben tries to leave to go to his desk his friend says '7 years man, this calls for a party''plenty of booze, girls''just like the old days'. There are close ups of Ben's face when his friend is saying this and he is looking scared and as though he really does not want to have a party. This could show that he doesn't like the person that he used to be and he doesn't want to go back to being that person. However, his friend is making out like his main objective of the party is to sleep with a lot of girls, which is making him seem like a stereotype of black men. 
When Ben agrees to a party, his friend says 'that's the old Benjamin right there'. There is then a zoom in on Benjamin's face to show his fear at what has just been said. This emphasis's that fact that he does not like his past and he doesn't want to be the person he used to be, he likes the person he is now.
There is then music that carries on the next scene. This use of non-digetic sound could be used to show the danger in both scenes. This is because the music sounds quite haunting and as though something bad is going to happen.
Overall, this scene is used to show the difference in one race and how stereotypes are not accurate when there are such vast differences between people that may have been grouped together otherwise.

The Cleaners
In this scene, there are two Spanish women that work as cleaners in the hotel, the beginning of the scene is them in a corridor about to enter a room.
As the women are about the enter the room, the older woman says to the younger one 'He pays double, for double'. This gives the impression that they would do anything for money and that money is all they care about. However, the younger woman does not look comfortable with what she is being told but continues to go into the room anyway. This could show hoe even though she does not want to strip, she still wants the money.
There in Chinese man sitting on the bed in his dressing gown, this is the customer that they were talking about outside. This may give the impression to some people that old, Chinese men are perverts and are all like this man. As he is sitting on the bed, it shows that he is comfortable with this situation and that he is used to it. It shows that he is ready to watch the women take off their clothes and therefore only sees them as objects.
The man points to the money that is on the table and there is a close up of it. This emphasises the fact that money is all the women care about and they are happy to strip for this man as long as they get paid for it. 
After there is the close up of the money, there is a close up of one of the women's face and she looks happy after seeing the money. This could suggest that she is used to this as she knows what to do before she begins to remove her clothes. It also reinforces the fact that money is all she cares about which gives the impression that all Spanish women are like this and that they are all money-driven.
The man then begins to play music. He plays Lady Marmalade which is a sexual song as it is about someone wanting to sleep with another person. This shows the sexual nature of this activity and the audience begins to understand what they are actually going to do because before they may have not understood fully. The song is also about Moulin Rouge, which is about stripping.When this music begins to play, the women start to strip. However, the younger woman is reluctant and we can see that she doesn't want to.
When the younger women decides that she really does not want to strip for this man, she says 'I'm sorry, I can't' and walks out. The fact that she feels as though she has to apologise shows the fact that people may not respect Spanish women as much as they should. This is because she is not seen to be a person and in fact an object that is being made to take her clothes off for money.
This scene is also used to show the differences between people that come from the same country as one is OK with stripping but the other is not.

The Kitchen 
At the begging of this scene, there is a white man and women walking down a corridor. Everybody is moving around them as they walk straight down the middle of everybody. This shows that these characters are important as they do not move out of the way for anybody that is in the corridor.
They then walk into the kitchen where we are able to see all of the staff that work there. They walk over to an Italian man who looks like he inportant in the kitchen. This fits the stereotype that all Italian people are good cooks and that they all love food. He greets them politely by saying 'Welcome, Madame'. This gives the impression that he is a nice person and that he is polite. This also fits the stereotype that all Italian people are friendly.
There is then a close up of another British man that works in the kitchen. He shakes his head as the Italian man is talking to the other characters. This gives the impression that he is rude as we do not yet understand what he finds wrong with the other man being polite to the woman. This gives the impression that British people are rude.
The Italian man then goes over to the British man and kisses him on the forehead after saying 'It is so good to see my old friend again'. This makes us curious as we originally got the impression that they do not like each other as the British man was shaking his head as he was speaking. However, this also reinforces the fact that he is friendly and kind to people.
When the two original characters leave the room, the two other characters begin to argue and we see a different side to the Italian man as he insults the British man. We begin to sympathies with the British man and understand why he disliked him.
The Italian man then grabs a knife which shows us that this has gone to far and is getting more serious than just some name calling. This gives the impression that all Italian people seem nice but are actually mean and violent. He then says 'do you want to make something of this?' which shows his threatening behavior.
This scene is used to emphasis the fact that stereotypes are not correct and can give a deceiving perception of someone just because of the country that they are from. It shows how people may be the complete opposite to the person that we all think they are.


How Ethnicity Links to the Other 6 Areas of Representation
Age
The age of the person may change how the person is judged on their ethnicity. For example, an elderly person is much less likely to be seen as dangerous and a threat to society than a teenager based on other stereotypes. Children are also more likely to be pitied than adults so this is why children are used for charity adverts.

Gender
The gender of the person may affect how they are viewed. For example, black men are the people that are more likely to be seen as rapist opposed to black women. Men are also more likely to be seen as dangerous and a threat to society as they are seen to be the more powerful gender and can therefore do more harm.

Sexuality
In some religions, being gay is highly frowned upon and it is seen to be wrong. This means that it is very unlikely for people from this religions to be gay meaning that the majority of that religion is straight. If a programme wants a story-line, they often make a character, who is that religion, become gay so the audience is able to watch the struggle that man or woman has to go through.

Class and Status
In some cases and in some places, white people are seen to be a higher class and typically middle class. They are seen to speak 'posher' and to be richer. This may be because places, such as Britain, are classed as first world countries and Britain is a primarily white country.

Regional Identity
Some places have more of a range of ethnicities than others. This means that it may be more likely for an ethnicity to come from one region of the country than an other.

Disability
Disability does not have a link to ethnicity. this is because all ethnicities have some people who have a disability.