Question

What are the stereotypes about Latinas/os that have exist in our culture? How are they perpetuated by film and other forms of media?

Answer 1

Answer:
Some of the stereotypes about Latinas/os that have exist in our culture are:
•   They talk English with the accent.
•   Most of Latinos women are maids.
•   They belongs to poor or lower class families.
•   They are not very educated.
•   They are very religious people and always Catholic .
•   They comes from dangerous neibourhood.
•   Attached to drugs and criminal activities.
•   They are immigrants or foreigners, etc.
Film / shows that perpetuate the stereotypes are:
•   Family Guy’s (maid stereotype)
•   “Maid in Manhattan,”(maid stereotype)
•   “West Side Story” (gangbanger) etc.