Minorities in ads

SIR – As Joe Cobbe (Letters, August 3) points out, our successful British female football team perfectly reflected the ethnic mix of our current population, of which perhaps 14 per cent is made up of minorities.

However, television advertisements now display the reverse proportions of ethnic and white characters. Is there a shortage of white British actors, or are they just being denied employment in the drive for diversity?

Sue Crouch

Eastcombe, Gloucestershire