Current Ethnic Issues
In various shows, ethnicity is a main issue, as the black characters, are often portrayed in a lower living, or as a dangerous or pitied character. Alvadaro (1987) concluded that in television dramas, black people are shown in one of four lights:
1) Racial difference was represented as something exotic ( different/unusual)
2)Represented as a dangerous character (blaxploitation)
3) The humorous character (Lenny Henry)
4) A character who is pitied, by other characters.
On Waterloo Road (BBC1) a young girl from a muslim background is found pregnant, when confronted by her brother. She belongs to the only muslim family at her school. Trudi discovers her pregnancy.
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