| Համառոտագրություն: |
The purpose of this study was to provide documentation of facts regarding the issues of representation, sexism, and stereotyping of racial ethnic minorities in twenty different reading series. There were 5,242 stories analyzed from 244 different reading texts. Major character representation for racial/ethnic minorities showed 698 stories. The minority male was represented 462 times, or 9 percent of the time, as a major character. The minority female was shown 137 times, or 3 percent of the time. The category of "other," which included stories that could not be assigned to either male or female designations, totaled 99 stories, or 2 percent of the total stories. The frequency of career roles shown for all races was 4,802, with males assigned to 3,847 or 80 percent of the career roles. Anglo males were shown in 70 percent of the career role assignments, or 3,371 times. Minority males, in contrast, were shown in 10 percent of the roles, or 476 roles. The anglo female was represented in career roles in 743 instances, or 15 percent of the time. The minority female was shown in 212 career roles or in 4 percent of the total number of career roles. (Author/WR) |