I am disgusted with this years segregation of survivor members. In this day and age while we still have to fight for some peoples rights based on discrimination and race, why would a TV show promote potential racism. I will not watch this new season nor ever watch this show ever again. I hope everyone bans together for the common cause - of NO RACISM~!
Won't be long now before a reality show like the one in "Running Man" comes along. Way to divide the culture Burnette. Don't you think we should be working to Unify society instead of dividing it in a forum that encourages backstabbing, lying, cheating, and false alliances. Now the American people can sit back on their Thursday nights and make all sorts of racial observations. I guess it's not good enough to just have the best person win.
Talk about a million steps backwards... CBS has totally lost its mind. Since it's already been proven that most Americans are not intelligent enough to separate tv shows from reality, I can only imagine how divisive this will prove when folks have to deal with each other in the real world. One more reason to NEVER watch CBS. The execs there are clearly smoking crack!!!
How do they think they're going to get away with dividing by race? Will advertisers really go for that? Are people going to root for their favorite race to win? Thats just plain weird!
I think the racially motivated division will actually be a lesson in society. It will show how cultures cooperate within themselves, and when taken out of thier comfort zone, with others. My thought is, couldn't they find a racially diverse cast anywhere other than California? Is this Survivor: California? Really, 65% of the group hails from CA. Not so diverse, are they?
What's wrong with dividing it up by race? It makes it interesting. Heck, there aren't too many interesting reality shows these days. I commend Survivor for going against the grain and political correctness. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. One other thing: Did you notice that 13 out of the 20 contestants are from California. Odds are the winner will be from Kaleefornia (joke). Come on people, it's just TV!
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For those who believe that separating the groups by ethnic origins will be rascist or divisive I have one thing to say - get a life. How much prouder can you possibly be than to represent your ethnic origins in a competition against other ethnic groups. The only way this could possibly be construed as racism would be if one group were given an unfair advantage over the other and I believe that is not generally a trait in the Survivor programs.
OK, I admit to being a Survivorholic and I will watch this season because I love the show BUT........dividing the cast by race is probably the stupidest idea in reality since Amazing Race had families. I cannot imagine that it will serve to do anything but create controversy and stir up tabloid gossip. Maybe that is what Mark Burnett is really after. Next season they could spice it up by dividing tribes with disabilities against able bodied people. Too bad I don't have a siamese twin cuz then I would be a lock to make the cast, even though if we won we'd have to split the million. How about Survivor Lilliput where all the cast members are little people. ...or Survivor Middle East pitting Arabs against Jews? Now THAT would be REALITY TV.
One giant step backward for television...way to go!!!
If I needed an excuse NOT to watch, this would be it.
This is ridiculous. It's only 2006 and we've not come nearly close enough to amending race relations. This will pit White against Black and Asian and so forth : for what? to prove this one or that one is the strongest, weakest and so forth. It's a disaster waiting t happen.
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