So they are claiming Survivor Cook Island is a social experiment with the question being: will a team be more cohesive and better able to work together to win if they share the same ethnicity. Personally, I think it’s crap. I don’t think ethnicity matters. I think it depends on the individual personalities. Just because you are the same ethnicity, does not mean you are automatically going to like and respect each other. When you are stuck together 24-7, there is going to be tension and drama. Not to mention the added pressure to “represent”. people are going to look for tribe mates to blame when they fail. Despite the show's claim regarding this social experiment, they are basically asking which ethnicity is the best – which will be the ultimate survivor. Knowing this, I wonder why the hell they didn’t “stack” the teams fairly. Personally, i think this whole "social experiment" is a bit ridiculous. I would rather see 2 teams - well matched with all different ethnicities on the same team.
Before the first challenge, I noticed that the teams weren't well matched. It was easy for me to rank them and sure enough, in the first challenge, the ranking came out just as I predicted. The Asian-Americans appear to be the strongest team as they have 3 men and 2 women. All of which look strong and athletic. The Vietnamese guy, although older, still seems agile, strong, and athletic. The Latinos also have 3 men and 2 women. One of the men is big and may not be athletic, but he looks strong. The other men and women look strong and athletic. The Caucasians and African-Americans have 2 men and 3 women. The Caucasians have a somewhat older man but he seems fairly athletic and a younger guy who looks strong and athletic. The 3 women all look fairly athletic as well. The African Americans seemed to have the weakest team because, of their two men, the one that was booted off was a big guy, not athletic and fatigued easily. The younger guy looked average, not really athletic looking. The women are all in their 30s while the women on the other tribes are in their 20s (mostly). So, I am confused as to why they didn’t make the teams more congruent.
What are your thoughts?
Before the first challenge, I noticed that the teams weren't well matched. It was easy for me to rank them and sure enough, in the first challenge, the ranking came out just as I predicted. The Asian-Americans appear to be the strongest team as they have 3 men and 2 women. All of which look strong and athletic. The Vietnamese guy, although older, still seems agile, strong, and athletic. The Latinos also have 3 men and 2 women. One of the men is big and may not be athletic, but he looks strong. The other men and women look strong and athletic. The Caucasians and African-Americans have 2 men and 3 women. The Caucasians have a somewhat older man but he seems fairly athletic and a younger guy who looks strong and athletic. The 3 women all look fairly athletic as well. The African Americans seemed to have the weakest team because, of their two men, the one that was booted off was a big guy, not athletic and fatigued easily. The younger guy looked average, not really athletic looking. The women are all in their 30s while the women on the other tribes are in their 20s (mostly). So, I am confused as to why they didn’t make the teams more congruent.
What are your thoughts?
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