I was at first repulsed by the premise of splitting the tribes up by race... but then I thought it through... in order to win at Survivor you have to reach out beyond your own tribe and make alliances with folks from other tribes.
The dynamics of watching this happen, especially when 4 tribes are reduced to 2 at some point... and then again when the final merge happens will be quite interesting. The person who can seamlessly work their way into several strategic alliances across tribe lines will win this. The people who "stick to their own kind" will be voted off quickly.
You and the media. I don't see why everyone is so hyper about this. No one got repulsed by groups divided by sex or age and this is no different. It's just a publicity stunt - nothing more, nothing less. But you're right, in order to win you have to be able to get along with everyone or lie very well.
In a totally un-PC scenario, I'd love to see:
Latino team - turning their canoe into a low-rider, having long siestas, and rolling seaweed smokes.
Black team - breaking into gangs, freakin' over the water challenges, and rolling seaweed smokes.
Asian team - calculating morning, noon, and night on the odds of boots and puzzle strategies, and rolling seaweed smokes.
White team - burning crosses as their fire, fretting over their coconut blackberries, and rolling seaweed smokes.
Hey, better yet. Divide them by Dummies and Freepers!
I don't know if I'll be able to stomach the race thing.
My daughters went to a horrible public school that was very into the multi-culturalism thing. I couldn't stand it (and my girls are now in private school).
I am so sick of multi-culturalism, and I watched Survivor to escape things like that.