Representations of Asians in the media

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/aug/25/television.channel4

This article is based upon the dispute between Shilpa Shetty and Jade Goody on the reality TV programme Big Brother telecased on Channel 4. It also talks about how channel 4 was heavily affected by the racism on the big brother show therefore causing a vast decline in the profits made.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/feb/01/paul-stephenson-police-race-relations

This article is regarding the race relations in the metropolitan police and it also mentions in detail how the new commisioner of the police force will try and dissuade the black and the asian minority in the police from joining the metropolitan police force.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jan/19/prince-harry-racism-newspapers

The representations of Asians in this article are negative but sympathic, with the prince harry racism incident involving him and one of his 'friends' in the army after he had called him a 'paki' which was looked upon in outrage.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/28/india-bollywood-slumdog-millionaire

This article is a critics point of view on the film "Slumdog Millionaire" film. He doesn't mind "rags to riches" story lines and doesn't have anything against them, but he basically states and argues that there are two extreme representations of India, either showing the "display of new wealth" or "voyeuristic dire poverty".

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/feb/08/bafta-awards-2009-winners

This article talks about the success of the Oscar nominated "Slumdog Millionaire". The article talks about how the film presents such serious issues and it still manages to grab the audiences attention to detail.