Post: Survivor: Gone Too Far?
Survivor: Gone Too Far?
This season's Survivor will divide teams by race. The show, which airs Sept. 14, will break the group into blacks, whites, Latinos and Asians.
What do you think? Is this a gimmick gone to far? Are do you suddenly find yourself wanting to tune in? Read the story from AP, then share your opinion here.
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Date: August 24, 2006
Survivor and most of the reality shows aren't reality at all. They're mostly garbage. I don't think this upcoming season is going to change that at all. I've seen the show in the past, but never "tuned in" to it. I don't plan on tuning in.
Link: http://www.softwaretime.com/blog
Date: August 25, 2006
The sad thing about this is that is has the strong possibility of confirming or furthering racist stereotypes. It seems very irresponsible but then again, this show should have run it's course ages ago. I just hope the media doesn't use Survivor onscreen trash talking to play out some larger social drama.
Date: August 30, 2006
Did you read Rush Limbaugh's disgusting comments about this? Jeez! This is just the beginning... the show hasn't even aired yet.
http://mediamatters.org/items/200608240003?src=newsbox-atrios.blogspot.com
Date: September 17, 2006
Well, it aired, and so far silence is golden. I linked to the mediamatters.org article above on my blog too, thanks.
We’re not out of the toxic wastewater yet, but so far the fall debut has NOT trickled down to playground parlance. Hurray. But alas the season is just starting...and kids don't have to watch it to hear the damaging buzz.
Maybe if we all hush and let the hype dry up, we can keep the slurs and epithets from sticking to kids. It's like filthy chewing gum on a brand new sneaker…
More on this at www.Shaping Youth.org Our blog is in 'beta' mode focusing on media and MARKETING's impact on kids. See Link below.
Link: http://www.shapingyouth.org/blog/?p=75
Date: September 22, 2006
I love this idea... but if you watch it with your kid, you've just got to be there helping them to see how the editors and photographers are playing up and down the race angle. Use it as a way to talk about the way producers shape a message. And so far, I love the way the Asian team has no Chinese-American and Japanese-American team members (teaching non-Asian kids, that hey, there's more to Asia than China and Japan and a lot of diversity within these categories.) I also love the way the younger people in the Asian group keep getting fed up with the racist jokes of the older guy. As Lyn and I say in our book, you can't turn off the world, so help your child to read it!!! Packaging GIrlhood: Rescuing our daughters from marketers' schemes
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