1. CRITICALLY EXAMINE
REPRESENTATIONS OF
‘RACE’ USING EXAMPLES
FROM THE BRITISH MEDIA
BY LILY MARRINAN
2. INTRODUCTION AND CONCLUSION
History of representations
Compared to today
Names of examples
Sum up to changes over time
Sum up how examples relate to representations of race
Explain links to readings and references
3. MAIN BODY
2011 riots linked to Mark Duggan – relates to Richard Dyer
text ‘White’
Dyer connects to ‘Song of the South’ – an old Hollywood film
‘Song of the South’
Dyer challenged by Stuart Hall who uses ‘Heroes and Villains’
to talk about dif ference in race
‘This is England’ represents ‘thugs’ and racists
Gramsci and idea of hegemony link class with race
Media spreads racist ideas –eg, Winterval
Solomos and Back talk about changes from C20 th to the
Millennium- from person’s colour to a person’s race