representation of ethnicity

representations of ethnicity 

Black males are usually associated with hip hop/rap and heavily dominate the genre with the exception of Eminem. There stereotype is for them to be brought up in humble backgrounds and for them to be surrounded by gang violence, drugs and sex. In there music videos they tend to show off this gang lifestyle. An example of this is Biggie Smalls video warning. this video involves Biggie Smalls being hunted down by gang members because of the money he has made and him shooting them when they enter his home. This video represents all of the normal things to see a hip hop star being associated with, money, drugs, violence, weapons and 'bling'.

white males are also seen as players and in gangs, but it is not as negatively highlighted as other black artists. Some males aspire to be a player and live this sort of life style, so some people may think that black males are the more dominant of the two as that is the role model that they are representing whether it is negative or positive.





Females are seen as being vulnerable and sex objects what ever there genre is, but there are specific artist who go against this stereotype. my first example is Adele, she doesn't wear provocative clothing in her videos, she intrigues people with the shear quality of her musical ability. Another example is Beyonce who although still wears provocative clothing she tends to be controlling the male rather then being the less dominant out of the two.