Critical investigation

New title for critical investigation:

What does a TV drama like Topboy do to adress the stereotypical representation of ethnic minorites as criminals

(refer to The Wire)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8860972/Top-Boy-Channel-4-review.html

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Demons-Depiction-American-Stereotype/dp/0275972445/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1323173368&sr=1-1

http://www.enotes.com/topic/Criminal_black_man_stereotype
"black men have always been portrayed as physical threats, but until recently that threat was sexual and now the black male is portrayed as a "symbolic pillager of all that is good"

* http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ethnic-Minorities-Media-Changing-Boundaries/dp/0335202705/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1323341857&sr=1-1
"changing representations"
the new racism:

‘the new racism’ (BARKER 1981): real racism in framework of thought exists only among the extreme right. In the new racism, minorities are not biologically inferior, but different. They have a different culture, although in many respects there are ‘deficiencies’, such as single-parent families, drug abuse, lacking achievement value…”

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Media-Ethnic-Minorities-Topics/dp/0748620699/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1323343081&sr=1-2

"The link between ‘filth’ and ethnic minorities was already well established. Over time various ethnic groups have been portrayed as filthy via the label of deviance"