Representation of Ethnicity on 'Freak'

I have watched the first 3 episodes of 'Freak', which is an online TV drama. I have analysed the representation of ethnicity in these episodes. Throughout the episode there is a majority of characters in the TVdrama which are white, and online one black/mixed race girl. This absence of a variety of ethnicities in this show is not an archetype representation of London, as London has a variety of races in society, which is clearly visible to people in real life. The 'Freak' the lack of a variety of ethnicities for the characters shows that there is an inaccurate representation of society in the area.

Also the fact that the main character is mistreated and you could even say bullied by some of the other characters, and in relation to the fact that she is a different race to the rest of them could represent some of the white characters of being racist towards black people. This is a negative and inaccurate representation of caucasian ethnicities.

The white characters are stereotypically represented as going out a lot and partying. This is represented by their presence at the party in episode 1, and how they are out at the cinema the next day, and also in the park during the same day or the one after. This re-enforces the stereotype that white people are always out, especially teenagers.

The stereotype of a black girl usually being out a lot and being a 'typical' teenager being interested in sex, drugs and alcohol is broken by the fact that she is actually represented as a female gamer, which isn't obsessed with her own appearance. Also black girls are stereotyped to have a very strong and rude attitude towards people which has also been contradicted by the fact that the main character take trouble from the other characters and walks away sensibly, ignoring the comments unlike a stereotyped female black character which would have caused an argument etc. This small stereotypes have been disapproved of by this TV drama by making her a very unique and different character, which makes allows her to breakdown any negative and untrue stereotypes about black women/girls.

The absence of asian characters in this TV drama could mean that this program is mainly targeted at a white audience and some black, but not at asians as it does not appeal to their ethnicity in any way.

To conclude, i would say that the white characters in this TV drama are represented negatively and inaccurately as they could be seen as bullies due to racism. The black character is represented to be very different from common stereotypes, which abolishes the possibility of the stereotypes of black ethnicities to be true.