Is Asian media ashamed of Asians?

last SG · 2006-10-17T01:07:13+00:00

Most of the Eurasians are in the presenting or modelling line. On the acting front there are still plenty of ethnic Chinese, Malay, Japanese, and what-have-y...

OneWithTheForce SG

I've noticed in the media that, despite only being a tiny proportion of the population, Eurasians seem to be everywhere , like Denise Keller, Ute, Paula Malai Ali, Shan Wee, Debbie Wong and Cheryl Fox.

Even Caucasians appear far out of proportion to their population.

Is Singapore and Asia so bereft of beauty and talent, that only someone with a White parent can do the job?

mikecola SG

yes!

but really....how do i know? how does anyone know and more the point does it matter? all is human first.

the.owl SG

I dont know how you came to this conclusion.

#$%^&* SG

Mixed race has more exotic looks. No big deal, there is no need to say ‘Is asian media ashamed of asians?’ A little far fetched. Normal.

^mR.yellow^86 SG

SIngapore only leh...china and japan are so full of themselve Very Happy

^mR.yellow^86 SG

indonesia one no eurasian also

OneWithTheForce SG

According to the Straits Times, there are 17,000 Eurasians in Singapore.

That's about 0.2% of the population.

If 0.2% of MTV's presenter's were Eurasian, there wouldnt be any.

Similar for tv or radio.

There are 4,000,000 other people to choose from.

They actively discriminate against YOU- the very Asians who would love a chance at being in the media, but arent a racial group- Eurasian.

Kawazoe SG

cheh eurasians!!! bollywood got more chio ppl den eurasians la HOR?? how to compare tsk tsk Rolling Eyes

JJxJJ SG

tamara bleszynski ... Mr. Green

wisefool83 SG

Perhaps Eurasians (presumably with half British blood) grew up in British English speaking environment which gave them an edge in jobs that require good English oral skills such as English TV show host and English TV host.

laurence82 SG

You not Munnabhai clone right?

Rolling Eyes

tomsss SG

speak less Singlish lah Mr. Green

Solid_Snake SG

i guess they have exotic looks & thus ppl tend to enjoy looking at such sweet face. beauty sells! if we are pure singaporeans & yet have such looks, advertising ppl definitely hire you for the job.

SumOne SG

Remains to be seen, I'm watching out for it.

wisefool83 SG

me? Nopez. Interestingly not too long ago, someone thought I was your clone

laurence82 SG

i mean topicstarter

Ristar SG

we are just abt the only country that treats its own people as second, or third class, while treating those white skinned people like they own the land.

somebody has got a serious inferiority complex. Laughing

that said, those eurasians can speak good english with a good accent, and they are armed with good looks... and everything about them is good.

OneWithTheForce SG

This is quite ironic for a country like Singapore, which puts so much effort into educating it's people.

All they have to do is grab a dozen pretty SG Chinese girls (and let's face it, there's lots around since there's 1,500,000 Chinese females in SG), and put them into an intensive English course for one or two months.

A kind of English language Boot Camp, if you will.

A dozen a year will easily cover all the new entrants they need for Channel 5, 8, radio, print media and MTV.

And despite stereotypes, there are plenty of big breasted Chinese girls out there too, if they want Fiona Xie/Margaret Lee/Ericia Lee/Jamie Yeo babes. They're just not as common as big breasted Caucasians.

laurence82 SG

I think somehow its quite clear

Laughing

chenc SG

You make a very good point by comparing the ratio of total population against those who are in the entertainment line.

However, the media is not responsible for it. Everything the media did is to satisfy viewers. Only when the market has a demand for it, then the media will push for it.