Race war!

Or...

The Amazing Races!

Just a couple days after THE DAILY SHOW's Senior Black Correspondent Larry Wilmore reported on the embarrassingly lazy makaka racism prevalent on the national political stage today, I do believe the cosmos has delivered a response of sorts. Joe passed along the news that the next edition of SURVIVOR is creating tribes based on race.

Whatever that is.

Can someone tell me how they define race when they make these teams? Are they checking for genetic roots? Security profiling guidelines? Paint swatches? Expert phrenologists? What team would C. Thomas Howell from SOUL MAN make? Dave Chappelle or Eddie Murphy in "white" make-up? Watching SURVIVOR, will Stephen Colbert even know that the tribes are split up by race?

(He doesn't see black or white. The only colors he sees are red, white, and blue. =)

From skimming online, I've found that the tribes are not named after this animal or that rock formation native to the Cook Islands, but take their names from very scientific terms, usually found next to scantron ovals on standardized tests...

The African-American Tribe
The Asian-American Tribe
The Hispanic Tribe
The White Tribe

It had to be That Word. Race. Heckuva direction to take the show. I suppose they're just trying to keep things fresh, right? And, all the hubbub it's sure to cause? Well, y'know the old saying—No such thing as bad publicity. I've heard that Vegas oddsmakers are working the numbers, and Radio Limbaugh has already given up some predictions of his own. Anyhow, the way the show works, the initial tribes are broken down and reshuffled as part of the game.

Perhaps it will be by religious beliefs.

Let the healing begin!

Keep on keepin on~