The two main ethnicities are English white and Chinese. These two families are shown as completely different. Stereotypically, Chinese families are quite strict within their teaching methods and are very educational based, this is very much shown within the programme as the Chinese children in one family are told that they will win the educational competition that they are both competing in. This is shown in controversy to the 'typical' English White family where the children are told that even if they fail, the parents will still love them and are shown a lot of affection.
At the end of the programme when neither of these families children win the competition, more division is shown between the families. The Chinese families children are just left and shown in a slight disappointment by their parents, whereas only slight, the facial expressions of the parents shows this. The cut then shows the English White family hugging their children and telling them how proud they are of them when they are crying, the mother also explains that the children are more 'artsy' than educational, as a way of making her children feel better. These two families are completely different with their children's upbringing as they fit in the stereotypical parents of their ethnicity.
A good example but try to look at fictional dramas as this is what you will be facing in the exam. Agreed that ethnicity can result in vast cultural differences and behaviours.
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