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Originally Posted by Cowperson
Now that we're nearing the end of this thing, can we safely say that the racial overtones that made the start of this season so controversial has actually been brilliantly carried off?
It got minorities involved in more than a token way, which should be welcomed, and, in the end, the show seems to be demonstrating that, by and large, race seems to have turned out to be an almost non-existent factor in the general machinations of the game.
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Cowperson
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Actually, on the other hand, I've often felt while watching that the caucasians - at least Jonathon and Candace - are being edited as (at best) being uncomfortable with the other ethnicities and at worse being downright exlcusionary.
Jonathon and Candace (both whites) leave their post-switch tribe to go back to their old group whom they were "comfortable with" ... after they arrive the caucasians band together and oust three members of other ethnic groups in a row, ending with Jonathon choose Nate to go because "[he] doesn't trust Nate". Maybe it's me being overly sensitive, but it does seem like they're still playing it up that perhaps some of the caucasians are not comfortable in their situation.
Of course, it's just as likely that they were more comfortable being with the people they started the game with - who happen to be white - and the producers are editing the show in a way that makes it seem otherwise.