I was hoping the tribes would "rise above" the race baiting, and rebel some, tell Jeff Probst to stick it, and just play the game.
How wrong I was. They fell right into the system Survivor provided, and just accepted it. Started whining and **** and wanting to beat the other teams and show their race was the coolest.
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GEICO, Mitsubishi, Target, Verizon will not advertise on 'Survivor'
Show attracts white supremacists. Viacom/CBS's diversity record: over 80% White.
Updated on Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Asian Media Watch
September 13, 2006
NEW YORK - Senior officials at GEICO, Mitsubishi, Target, and Verizon have informed Asian Media Watch that they have no plans to advertise on the new season of Viacom/CBS's 'Survivor' or will avoid the program. This is in addition to ten other companies that have been reported in the press: Campbell Soup, Coca-Cola, Diamler Chrysler (Dodge, Chrysler, Jeep), Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Home Depot, Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, and Toyota Motor Corporation.
TelevisionWeek reports that CBS's 'Survivor: Cook Island' plans have "lit up the white supremacist world... [The format plays into the hands of many people in the country who have racist feelings" and quotes a white supremacist as stating "If the Whites win, they will feel pride. If they lose, they will feel resentment towards those who won. It's win-win for us."[3]
New Jersey Record columnist Alfred P. Doblin writes [paraphrasing that you only need to look at recent incidents of racially-motivated violence to know that "America does not need a reality show celebrating segregation... We live in a racially divided society. That's not entertainment; that's America."[3]
Even 'Survivor' host Jeff Probst has been quoted repeatedly in the press as acknowledging that the criticisms of the show's plans to segregate contestants by race are "fair and valid."[3]
Viacom/CBS has defended its decision to divide 'Survivor' contestants by race as an attempt at diversity and is asking viewers to watch the show before passing judgment. However, CBS has had a poor record of racial diversity in casting: both the 'Survivor' contestants and the actors in CBS's Fall 2006 scripted primetime season are predominantly White.
Out of the 117 regular cast members on CBS's Fall 2006 scripted primetime season (See Figure 1), 82.1% are White, 11.1% Black, 6.0% Hispanic/Latino, 0.9% Asian/Pacific Islander, and 0.0% Native American. In addition, out of the lead actors (shown in first column), there is only one minority.
Yeah I was hoping that they would try to win as a tribe and tell Probst to shove the race factor.
I was laughing at the "cow boy"( not sure how to spell the name, and too lazy to look it up) and his headache fix. He gave the guy a sinus massage, but dang, the red mark was odd. Funny but odd.
It's too bad that the black team feels that they must "represent"
I mean, isn't this game about WINNING for yourself? You want to be able to get to know everyone, and try to make alliances with others. They are setting it up, at this point, so that the races bond, and don't with the others. And I hope that as merging happens, we don't see some serious racial problems.
:::>^..^<::: ~*~The Journey is more important than the end or the start~*~ :::>^..^<:::
yeah, if we get to the final two, and they are a different race, and the jury is mixed, and they start giving racial reasons as to why they should win, that would be very awkward.
My favorite team is the Asian team. Cao Boi is so cool! It's good that he knows the old healing methods because it's not like the survivors get to take Tylenol to the island or anything. Anyone else find it funny that the one Asian guy who was not born and raised in the U.S. is named 'cowboy?'
I had not thought about division within in the tribes. I hope that people will be able to work together despite potential problems.
My second favorite team is the Latino team, but we didn't get to see a lot of them at their camp. They are strong and smart, and I think they'll do well.
I don't like the white team or the black team very much. The white team started out stealing chickens and then has the girl on their team that is stupid enough to lift the box up and all their chickens escaped And the black team bothers me because they bicker and aren't smart enough to keep one of their two guys when most of the challenges are strength challenges.
"Man is a marvelous curiosity ... he thinks he is the Creator's pet ... he even believes the Creator loves him; has a passion for him; sits up nights to admire him; yes and watch over him and keep him out of trouble. He prays to him and thinks He listens. Isn't it a quaint idea." Mark Twain
09-16-2006 02:37 AM
And the black team bothers me because they bicker and aren't smart enough to keep one of their two guys when most of the challenges are strength challenges.
