This document discusses several key ideas around British culture and the representation of ethnicity: - It defines the differences between race, ethnicity, and nationality. Ethnicity encompasses cultural identity through traditions, customs, dress, food, religion and faith. - Stereotypes often contain elements of truth but can lead to overgeneralizations about entire groups. Positive representations aim to change perceptions. - Common stereotypes in media include portraying ethnic groups as exotic, dangerous, pitied, or humorous. More recently, groups are sometimes sexualized. - TV dramas may center storylines of ethnic characters around their culture in ways that can perpetuate negative stereotypes, rather than showing storylines unrelated to ethnicity