The new season of survivor decided to spice things up a bit. They've already divided things up by sex, so they couldn't do that again. The Apprentice did the whole street smarts/book smarts thing. So, they took it to the next illogical step: teams divided up by race. I'll let that sink in for a moment.
I know I'm not the only one that thinks this is a horrible idea. They say they eliminated any racists in casting, so we shouldn't expect the teams to be shouting racial slurs at one another. But what about the people at home? Obviously there are a lot of racists out there, and they'll be looking to the show to reinforce any stereotypes that they have. Already Rush Limbaugh is fanning the flames.
Now I know we don't live in a colorblind society, and race most definitely still matters. But the fact that CBS would exploit racism to up the ratings of a tired reality show is pretty sad.
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