Gender + Ethnicity - Life On Mars

Ethnicity

• Reference to the sari that the Asian woman is wearing. The police officer refers to it as a 'nighty'. It comes across very unrespectful and some people may feel it could be seen as a racist comment.
• Representation of working class Irish man. We are shown this through his strong accent and his clothes with appear rough and dirty. This is also represented in where he lives as it seems to be a poor area. There is a reference to the work that the Irish end up doing which is the jobs that the English people don't want to do. "All our kind are good for is shovelling shit and making bombs."
• There is the assumption that the Asian man walking down the street with the T.V. has stolen it which the police officer bases purely because of his colour.
• The bar man in the pub is black and given stereotypical traits - strong accent and dreadlocks.