Sentence examples for ethnic role from inspiring English sources
The Mexican government consulted on the show with the goal of creating a positive ethnic role model.
But mindful that the overwhelming majority of voters this year will still be Anglos, Mr. Sanchez is eager to sell himself as a kind of Hispanic Bill Cosby, an ethnic role model that others can be comfortable with.
Born in Syria, Mr. Ansara mostly played ethnic roles, Indians being a particular specialty.
The Puerto Ricans Jennifer Lopez and Benicio del Toro gained star status by playing Latino characters but are not limited to ethnic roles.
The other oddity in Runyon's stories is how startlingly they reverse the normal ethnic roles in American writing.
In the Forties and Fifties, Mexican actor Anthony Quinn was only cast in subordinate ethnic roles ('They said all I was good for was playing Indians,' he moaned).
Even after his success in "Zapata" and "Zorba," he continued to be cast in exotic or ethnic roles, only then the characters were more likely to be noble, like the Eskimo in "The Savage Innocents" and the Russian pope in "The Shoes of the Fisherman".
Although Moreno subsequently appeared in several notable films including the musicals Singin' in the Rain (1952) and The King and I (1956), playing a starlet and a slave, respectively—her early career was hampered by studios wanting to cast her in stereotypical ethnic roles or as a sexpot.
In San Pedro Pinula, the migration and return of Maya residents also permits them to slowly challenge ethnic roles that have developed over the last five centuries.
We point out, however, that migration-related changes to traditional gender and ethnic roles is gradual because migrants, despite their increased earnings and awareness, run into a social structure that resists rapid change.
