Unlike white Caucasian actors, the number of roles which are available for ethnic minorities are low. A study conducted by University of Southern California’s Annenberg School of Communication shows that black actors occupy 12.5%, while Asian and Hispanic hold only 5.3% and 4.9% respectively for roles in top 100 films in 2014. However, the existence of these roles is likely to be the secondary characters or to merely diversify the movies. Recalling two popular sitcoms in the late 90s and 00s, “Friends” and “How I Met Your Mother” both took place in New York – The crowded city with a high rate of visible minorities – but the main cast for two shows are both white. Although there is a range of originated ethnic characters in the scripts, most
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They will likely to assume that this particular race will behave similarly to the characters in the movie. Although they are not genuinely racist, lack of information and ethnic representatives in their societies can cause them to generate racist assumptions. Moving on to countries who are known for their diversity such as Canada or United States, their multiculturalism cannot be seen if TV mostly view Caucasian celebrities. Ethnic minorities children growing up in these countries may find themselves detached from their environment. Minelle Mahtani of the University of Toronto states that: “Ethnic minorities in Canada do not see themselves mirrored in the media, and this perpetuates feelings of rejection, trivialises their contributions, and devalues their role as citizens in their nations.” They cannot see their ethnic role models on screen and thus the difficulty in navigating their lives might increase. Several stereotypes relating to sexual images toward East Asian women and Latina can raise the fetish about them. The term “Yellow fever” refers to a non-Asian (usually male) who have sexual preference for people (usually female) of Asian descent. Other more aggressive stereotypes can increase the racism toward them such as Middle Eastern or African American. There is no shortage of cases where black people get shot by white polices or Muslims receive aggressive hatred on the
They will likely to assume that this particular race will behave similarly to the characters in the movie. Although they are not genuinely racist, lack of information and ethnic representatives in their societies can cause them to generate racist assumptions. Moving on to countries who are known for their diversity such as Canada or United States, their multiculturalism cannot be seen if TV mostly view Caucasian celebrities. Ethnic minorities children growing up in these countries may find themselves detached from their environment. Minelle Mahtani of the University of Toronto states that: “Ethnic minorities in Canada do not see themselves mirrored in the media, and this perpetuates feelings of rejection, trivialises their contributions, and devalues their role as citizens in their nations.” They cannot see their ethnic role models on screen and thus the difficulty in navigating their lives might increase. Several stereotypes relating to sexual images toward East Asian women and Latina can raise the fetish about them. The term “Yellow fever” refers to a non-Asian (usually male) who have sexual preference for people (usually female) of Asian descent. Other more aggressive stereotypes can increase the racism toward them such as Middle Eastern or African American. There is no shortage of cases where black people get shot by white polices or Muslims receive aggressive hatred on the