Dividing by Race-Smart or Stupid?

This past week the producers of the CBS reality show Survivor announced their big twist for the upcoming 13th season: Survivor: Cook Islands.

In the past they have done men versus women. This past season they broke up into four tribes: older women, younger women, older men, and younger men. This coming season, however, is the most controversial twist they’ve ever come up with.

The twenty competitors will again be broken up into four tribes. However, this time they will be broken up by race: whites, blacks, Asians, and Hispanics.

Survivor host Jeff Probst has called the coming season an interesting social experiment in order to better understand race relations in American society.

Organizations such as the NAACP have decided to withhold judgment until seeing the season’s premiere episode.

I am not sure if this will result in better ratings or just a season full of unnecessary controversy. Only time will tell.