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Survivor is my one guilty pleasure (on TV). I love it. I had to miss a couple of seasons when my work schedule conflicted and I never could tape and watch later.
I think this is an interesting idea.
The show mixes up groups already by gender, age, whatever. When I lived in NYC for a few years (something that always seems to come up in casual conversation), I noticed a propensity for people to group together based on ethnicity and place of origin. Sometimes it's due to language, but not always. How did "Birds of a Feather" get to be a cliche?
I am glad to see racial issues brought out and examined, even with such blatantly materialistic motives. It seems that in order to be PC, you can't touch the subject without being someome like George Lopez, Spike Lee, or Dave Chapelle. And they are brilliant.
Someone white and flabby (like me) can't make any (hopefully) racially insightful jokes without the fear of being misunderstood and called a bigot. So we avoid the subject (unless you happen to be GD looking to stir up some discussion).
I will watch, like I always do, and I am sure they will scramble up the tribes and get everyone PO'd at each other because that's Survivor. And they will probably edit in a few touching scenes with everyone just getting along.
Mark Burnett may be evil but a genius nonetheless.
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