If you only have one, it causes the audience to generalize. If you have two or tree or four personalities, it's hard to stereotype. This is the psychological effect of tokenism. You're supposed to represent the whole race. Zachariah Dellorto-Blackwell, a senior in cinema and photography from Downs, said despite recent, more fair minority representations the media still portray the black man as thieves.
Minorities are the token characters that are tossed in.
It's not something they can change over night, no matter how much they would want to. Incest is a taboo and we think 'oh it's innocent. If it's predominantly the minority it's only natural to go to the next conclusion. The ACLU lists ending profiling as one top priority of the organization, as reported incidents continue to weave their way through American news and the courts. William Schroeder, an SIUC Law professor, said he was skeptical about statistics suggesting that whites comprise the majority of drug offenders although blacks are arrested at a higher rate, because he wondered how those statistics were compiled.