Ethnic stereotypes in popular culture

Ethnic Stereotypes in popular culture involve an overly-simplified, stereotypical or false representation of the typical characteristics of a members of an ethnic group in music, literature, print media, film and the performing arts.

List of stock film roles based on ethnic stereotypes:

• Asian female prostitute who charges highly
• black maid (similarly, "mammy")
• Mexican maid
• lazy black man
• subservient black man (see Uncle Tom)
• black butler
• British butler
• petty criminal (African American, Latino, Italian)
• prostitute (African American, Latina)
• Mexican sidekick
• Italian gangster
• Jewish lawyer
• Chinese launderer
• Asian computer expert or nerd
• Asian (usually Chinese) cook or waiter
• 'houseboy' (Asian, African)
• Noble Savage (American Indian, African, Polynesian)
• American Indian sidekick
• bearer (African, Asian)
• magical negro
• black bodyguard
• Asian streetracer
• Irish Cop
• Irish Drunk
• Irish Priest
• Arab terrorist