Ethnic Stereotyping In Orange Is The New Black

Modern media holds a significant role in the development of ethnic stigma. In today’s pop culture society, television is a main source of entertainment. Television producers are given the freedom to create and display whichever they feel reaches out the most to an audience and because of this, producers in the United States often attempt to connect to and portray the multicultural American society. Ethnic stereotyping has been made common throughout entertainment television. The fairly current and popular Netflix series Orange Is the New Black is a well-known series containing episodes rich with racial and ethnic stereotyping. The plot of the season 4 episode entitled “Power Suit” is focused on an ethnic division in a New York women’s prison between the Latina and …show more content…
In almost every entertainment television genre today whether reality or fiction, it is possible to find a form of stereotyping against diverse ethnic individuals. The inclusion of negative stereotyping is often found in season 4 of the popular Netflix series Orange Is the New Black. This season is focused on the recent rise of stereotyping against the minority population in America. Specifically focusing on “Power Suit,” this episode is rich with degrading stereotypes against the Latina population. One dramatic encounter in the beginning of the show involved a white inmate expressing her anger towards a Latina inmate, played by Laura Gomez, by stereotyping the Latina and her friends. The white inmate, played by Olivia Luccardi, proclaimed “Fuckin’ brownies, there ain’t never just one,” wrongfully degrading the Latina inmates by claiming them as just a skin color and lessening them as individuals. The inclusion of such controversial material is useful to producers in creating drama and maintaining a conflicted story line, therefore attracting viewers to the