Let's talk about TV

I love watching TV...who doesn't? It distracts you from the trials and tribulations (and usually turmoil) of your real life and gives you an opportunity to switch off and unwind without actually going anywhere physically.
But since I came back to Malaysia, watching TV has become increasingly annoying...wondering why?
I just couldn't understand these local programs (that includes a certain music channel by the way which is owned by a Malaysian company)...not because of the language barrier - because there are a wide variety of English shows, but because of the presenters/actors/hosts etc...

Has anyone ever noticed that all these people are not real?
Stop, wait - they are real people...but how much of the population do these people represent?

I have been away, and in the place where I was, you will find people on TV - REAL people...short people, tall people, Indians, Africans, Jamaicans, Chinese, people who aren't the best looking people, people who are simply stunning...the list goes on...

And this realisation spilled over to the adverts I saw on the local TV too...

Who are those people in the the adverts? And for God's sake why are there no people of colour in the advertisements? Do these companies only want porcelain-white coloured people to purchase their products? And thinking back, I don't think I have come across an Indian on an advert...or reading the news, or presenting anything...

What's going on?

When is this blatant racism going to stop?

And don't get me started on the adverts for whitening products....

In fact, whilst abroad, I saw a program (a chat show)where the subject was whitening products..better still, the host said that she had gotten the idea after a trip to MALAYSIA where she had seen these adverts on the local TV...

HOW EMBARRASSING

Now the whole world can know about the racism here!

So what's the moral here...?
If you want to be on tele, you have to bleach your face, or have at least one parent who is white...and if you're Indian/African/Jamaican or have a hint of a tan - don't bother, just stick to the home videos.

Isn't that just sad?