Ahhh yes, there’s nothing like an overblown controversy to get the blogosphere a-buzzin’. This time, it’s the news that the upcoming season of Survivor will start out with various races split into teams as such. Of course, the race-baiters are out blazing with cries of racism, hatred, divisiveness and so on.
Get over it, people.
The truth of the matter is that Survivor contestants have been segregating themselves for years, not to mention last season which started out with four teams: Old Men, Old Women, Young Men, and Young Women. How about that? Where was the outrage about divisiveness then? And let’s not forget all the times the black contestants have “bonded” over being in such a small minority in the game. Well folks, now everyone who bitched gets their wish. Equal representation. A black team (called African-Americans, of course, which means you can bet that none will be from the Caribbean?), a hispanic team, and an asian team, all with four members each. 100% genuine equality in the form most race-baiters like best. Quotas.
Of course, the ambulance chasing pols in NYC are clamoring for a camera so they can vent their spleen, and as usual, John Liu, one of the biggest ambulance-chasers in NYC is rallying the racially motivated PC police to rally at City Hall to get CBS to pull the season (good luck on that one, scheister)…
“The idea of having a battle of the races is preposterous,” City Councilman John Liu said Thursday. “How could anybody be so desperate for ratings?”
For the first portion of the 13th season of “Survivor,” which premieres Sept. 14, the contestants competing for the $1 million prize while stranded on the Cook Islands in the South Pacific will be divided into four teams blacks, Asians, Latinos and whites.
Liu, who is Asian-American, said he was launching a campaign urging CBS to pull the show because it could encourage racial division and promote negative typecasts. He and a coalition of officials, including the council’s black, Latino and Asian caucus, planned to rally at City Hall on Friday.
John Liu is the Taiwanese Al-Sharpton, for those of you who don’t know. As soon as you dare mention an egroll, he makes sure you’re not doing it in a racist way. I find it ironic that he’s going to protest the divisiveness of a show by rallying various racially segregated groups from the City Council. You’ll notice, btw, that Liu had no comments about the divisiveness of the asian population exploding at the city’s various specialized high schools. Guess that kind of divisiveness is okay.
Truth is, no one takes these folks seriously, but it is an election year, and everyone needs a platform. Looks like John Liu has made his issue. He argued, without any evidence (other than the beating victims’ story), that an assault was a bias crime. He also argued that DJ Star (who threatened DJ Envy’s child) was a racist. He aruged against the folks at Hot 97 for the Tsunami song, saying it was racist (at best it was stupid, but racist? Get off it).
Apparently, Asian oppression is the buzzword, and that’s smart because his district is 35% asian, second only to hispanics at 37%.
Let Survivor be, folks. John Liu should be looking into what’s going on with the Con Ed blackout that knocked power out to most of Queens for weeks. Maybe he should also look into the complete disaster that is Astoria’s continuous construction and traffic congestion. There are plenty more important things than a one-hour weekly television show. Of course, if he was doing anything about any of it, then he wouldn’t be running to get in front of a camera to condemn Survivor.
Give me a break.
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