Ethnicity Esssay

Hotel Babylon

ethnicity ,in the large UK show hotel Babylon, is a large part of the show with different nationalities and races , the show shows race in rank which can be classed as a classic example of unfair judgement . this show is a key episode on how white people can have a dominance over other races, in the episode an immigrant team raid the hotel , all the white people are high ranked and okay but there's multiple other races who are illegal and they have classic poor paid jobs , the episode is completely dominated by white supremacy .

in the opening scenes of the clip we see a strongly shown immigration police team stroll into the hotel reception, the camera angles in this scene show the white police officer as a dominant character, we are made by the producers to not like this person although there doing their job. furthermore the police officers clothes are very mellow and dark in the episode which yet again portrays an evil side to the officer and a dark underground feel about the police officers work. His serious attitude of power is shown in a close up on the desk , he is shown to be striving  to capture some illegal immigrants and he doesn't look like he wants to be messed with.

we then see dressed in all white the receptionist which appears to be more glamorous than her other partner, she looks asif she speakes down towards some other staff despite the fact shes actually helping a lot of the illegal immigrants, the way shes dressed al in white and pure makes the woman stand out and seem more important than her fellow colleagues , furthermore she also takes up lots of the camera space and is looked upon asif she more royal than everyone else.

When jackie finds out about the immigration officers we see her in her very cramped back room office Jackie is one of the legal immigrant and shes shown to be lower than everyone else with her small amount of equipment and poor working standards with her room, we also from the camera angle in this seen that her boss(white) is seen to look down with implies maybe she lower than the rest. Jackie is also the middle man between the higher up workers and the immigrants, she has to round up al the  illegal immigrants and lock them up in a staff room.

Mostly all the people hidden in the staff room cupboard have low paid jobs like cleaners, but we learn that they may be unfairly looked upon because e.g we learn that one of the african men is actually a doctor and maybe saved someone life, this is a image shown throughout the clip on how the people are shown as unfairly less progress ant than there white leaders or more European head of staff.we see from when the people are locked away the door slamming shut and how actually the people are like trapped behind from the police and there's no escape.

When the news is spread how Ibrahim was caught and how unjust it was many people were upset, the way he was caught yet again cleaning and in panic was a shocking scene but yet again showed that the ethical prominence on this clip is English dominant to the immigrant workers. Later on then we see the young man, being dragged back by his white enemies , this symbolises a sour taste between the men and the police .

In the last scene we see how Jackie Is desperate to make sure the man is not taken away and shouts and begs and is undermined in the show , this is seen as derogatory how the Asian woman is on the floor nearly and is screaming, this may show how the woman is desperate. We then see the white pure woman try a politely usher the workers out the way and tries to calm the predominately white guests who are intimidated but the situation.Jackie is by far the most main character and caring in the scene she is very emotional about the lost worker and in the canteen  everyone in very upset the separate canteen for  the people .

In conclusion the clip we have just seen is very dominated by a white ethnicity and I believe that the way the show has been presented is that white people are dominated , we can see this by the hierarchy in the jobs at the hotel, and the way people dress and the filling camera angles the different races have definitely show power.