Representation of Asians in Eastenders.
Recently a new Asian family have arrived on the square. The mother owns the post office and the daughter and father are working in it; this is a stereotype of Asians as they are stereotpyed to own a small business or firm. One day this week I think it was Monday, the wife found pictures of her husband with another character and a stripper in a club. When the couple got home they were having an argument in hindi ( i think). This shows that even though the BBC may think they are including different ethnic groups, personally I think they are guilty of tokenism and are just including this family to show that they are multi-cultural. The storyline about the family also relates to stereotypes for example the mother does not let her daughter out to clubs and when she does go she seeks out and drink alcohol. This suggests that the BBC are putting across the view that young Asians rebel against their religion and culture which is not entirely true.
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