Perkins five assumptions

Stereotypes are not always negative:

In Hotel Babylon we can see that stereotypes are not always negative by the way the immigrants are helping out and doing a good job for the hotel. This shows that immigrants can help out and do something positive for others.

They are not always about minority groups:  

Within hotel Babylon we can see that there are stereotypes that are focused on other groups, not just the migrant workers. An example of this is the officers that storm the building who are represented as careless and horrible by the way they show no emotion and take one of the workers away from his loved ones.

They can be held against ones own group: 

We can see in hotel babylon that groups of people aren't necessarily held to their own stereotype, this is shown by the way that the migrants are represented as more of an intelligent, useful workforce and therefore break their stereotype and gain respect from the audience.

They are not rigid or unchanging:

We can see in hotel babylon that stereotypes change within the opinion of different characters, as the people who work in the hotel treat the immigrants with respect, whereas the officers are very mean and thoughtless towards them.

They are not always false: 

We can see that the stereotype of the migrant officers being very mean can be true, as its part of their job to do this and if they didn’t then it would be pointless with them taking on this role.