Mark Burnett = Osama Bin Laden?

Preface: I would like to begin by stating that I have not seen the new season of Survivor and have absolutely no idea what I’m talking about.

That being said I am utterly disgusted by the new season of Survivor Cook Islands. Apparently watching people starve in a world ridden with poverty and starvation doesn’t pass for entertainment anymore.

This season CBS series producer Mark Burnet decided to make race an issue, as if racism isn’t already a hot topic in this country. This season Survivor has four tribes segregated into Caucasian, Hispanic, African-American and Asian.

Is that PC enough for ya?

I’m all for confronting the issue of racism in healthy dialog, but pitting groups of races against each other for cash is about as smart as taking a bath with a toaster.

Let’s stop and think for a moment about the state of our country. We are in the middle of a costly war that has no end in sight, terrorism has reached the point that we have to fly without liquids, the President is asking congress to make it legal to spy on our citizens and torture prisoners and Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown have filled for divorce.

Call me crazy but I think the last thing this country needs is more division. As far as I’m concerned Burnett is equal to the terrorists trying to destroy this country. What is the possible benefit to pitting different races against each other? The only thing it will accomplish is furthering the ignorant stereotypes perpetuated by media outlets like Survivor.

What’s next a survivor segregated by sexes? It’s going to turn into an episode of the real world soon. And how are you supposed to cheer on a team without feeling a bit racist yourself?

Instead of dividing why not unite. How about a tribe composed of a Ku Klux Clan member, Black Panther, conservative republican voter, pimp and Mariah Carey? If you put that gang on island and even one walked away alive it would be an accomplishment, plus it would be a lot more entertaining than watching a bunch of yahoos eat ants off a log.

Survivor Cook Islands has single handedly set back the equality among races movement by at least a good 50 years. I fully expect that by the end of the season their will be race riots on the streets over this travesty of a TV show.

My only hope is that somehow the tribes are able to team up and figure out a way to get off the island, perhaps a makeshift raft of some sort, tack down mark Burnett and beat him to death with bamboo showing him the real “reality” of the ridiculous show he has created.