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Ethnicity and race in British or American TV dramas

BlackTyrese from the TV drama "The walking dead" We see him as


big and strong and he is represented as having strong muscles
and strong feeling which shows he is an unemotional character.
He is also very kind and caring for the people he loves which is
common in black communities as they care for the close friends
and families.

WhiteLady mary who is featured in the tv series Dowton abbeyLady Mary is represented as being very posh and is used to
getting what she wants she is seen wearing very posh dresses
andd clothing which shows she is a upperclass women her
dialogue is very stuck upo and
self centred and want
to fiught for womens
rights.

East AsianGlenn Rhee who stars uin the TV drama The Walking DeadGlenn is portrayed as small and agile in which most South
Asians are stereotyped as thin and small. He is seen to ahev a
cockyness about himself aswell and he is always caring of
others. He is also portrayed as clever and able to think fast in
which most Asians are steretyped as intelligent.

South AsianKhan from the comedy Citezen Khan- He and his family are
pportrayed as close and have a tight community with the other
Pakistani members of his town/city. We see his family have a
high intelligent daughter and her boyfrienfd breaks the
steretype as he is dumb and portrayed as silly.

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