Good Luck Charlie Diversity

My partner and I observed two different television shows to analyze the representation of ethnic groups. The two shows we watched were Good Luck Charlie and CSI: Miami. Our findings differed in many ways, which isn’t very surprising in today’s generation. The show Good Luck Charlie that was analyzed only represented white people whereas the other show, CSI: Miami, represented whites, blacks, and also Latinos. This seemed to be reasonable for the shows that are aired on television in this day in time. On television now, there are reality shows that are based on particular families, either of a white or black ethnic group.
If TV companies required television shows to be given the label as ethnically diverse then the show, CSI: Miami, would be considered ethnically diverse whereas the other show, Good Luck Charlie, would not be able to receive the label as ethnically diverse because the only ethnic group represented were white.
On the television show, Good Luck Charlie, that only represented whites, the other ethnic groups are underrepresented, and the whites are overrepresented. On the television show, CSI: Miami, which represents whites, blacks, and Latinos, the whites are still overrepresented even though many other races are represented. This is common in shows that have multiple ethnic groups. There will be a main ethnic group …show more content…
It defined race as a socially constructed category of people who share biological traits that members of a society consider important and ethnicity as a shared cultural heritage. Throughout history within many countries, such as the United States, people have found a certain race to acquire more significance than others. These racial categories of “black”, “white”, “yellow”, “Asians” … etc. have allowed societies to rank individuals in a hierarchy, allowing them to have more power, money and prestige than others and making some left feeling