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This article has serious POV issues, apart from being just quite rubbish. The Music section in particular is horrendous, and the "list of stereotypes" is totally unsourced and smacks of original research. Please someone, sort this article out or arrange a mercy AFD. Soo 10:15, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The topic does need to be covered here; it is notable and has been covered by many different sources. WP:NPOV states that lack of neutrality is not an excuse to delete an article. Also, AfD isn't intended to be a substitute for Cleanup. However, I'm completely in favor of deleting the list section unless/until it is sourced with specific examples. We used to have an article on a similar topic at List of ethnic stereotypes, but it was deleted mainly for the reason you stated. (The deletion discussion for that article is archived at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of ethnic stereotypes 2.) --Idont Havaname 04:12, 31 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
After reading this article over, I'd have to say that Soo's claims are mostly unwarranted. This article is about stereotypes in popular culture -- the key phrase here being "popular culture". I am sure there are not many peer reviewed journals that feature articles on this topic. However, this article requires cleanup, and some of the entries don't belong. There is no POV issue here though. 128.113.138.166

Here are a few head scratchers under the "List of stock film roles based on ethnic stereotypes:"

  • Green Frankenstein - "Green" is not a race or ethnicity, last time I checked
  • Hispanic Librarian - I have never encountered this as a stereotype. Most librarians seem to be depicted as elderly white women with anger management issues OR the "sexy" librarian.
  • Mexican Jew Lizard - I don't even know where to go about this one.
  • Athletic Midget Stripper - See note on "Mexican Jew Lizard"
  • Philipino Guynacologist - Spelling issue aside, I still don't see it.

Arab Terrorist Stock Role

What evidence is there that the "Arab Terrorist" is a stock film role? I can think of maybe three movies (True Lies, Executive Decision, The Siege) that have Arab terorrists, but the vast majority of films with terrorists cast them as American or Eastern European. I am removing this item from the list unless someone can cite a source for keeping it.--Daveswagon 03:55, 31 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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