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Itâs true, Iâm subject to it all the time. I just think he hates being challenged by anyone with a brain.
Saw a Daily Mail write up on this the other day. Stupidest news article Iâve ever seen.
And what are these articles based on? Some random, thoughtless tweets by a couple of losers on twitter.
Itâs white because we live in Australia, not Nigeria, not the Ivory Coast, not Cambodia. Derrr.
Secondly, it doesnât have to be representative of society to the nth degree - these are the people that either did apply to be on the show, or want to be on the show.
Third, itâs not even exclusively âwhiteâ either. In fact, of the people that superficially appear âwhiteâ, we wouldnât have the foggiest on their actual background/ethnicity.
To sum up, dumbarses that spend so much time online that they copy American criticisms âwhy so white?â when not applicable to their own countries, need to fuck off. Same to the two cent journalists that use such criticisms to produce shit click-bait. And really, same to the dumbarses like myself that waste 20 mins of their time ranting about something so utterly moronic on a site like MediaSpy.
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Pauline is that you?
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Fourth - wait for some lazy arse racism/bigot reference in any discussion online about anything at all.
Fifth - wait for you to mention Hitler.
Boring.
So in other words, youâre telling me we live in a country where people are not predominantly Caucasian, second, youâre telling me these white people were forced against their will to participate because Ten didnât want âcoloured peopleâ (how outdated is this whole white/coloured thing, seriously), and third, youâre telling me Iâve imagined that contestant that clearly does not have white skin.
Iâm not even making any comment on the advantages/disadvantages of make-up of the castâŚIâm simply saying that to ask âwhy so whiteâ is simply the most moronic thing Iâve ever seen.
Why so white?
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Head straight to the Fairfax editing team!
Are you just trying to get a job at NewsCorp? 
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I agree Firetorch regarding the cast. It should not even be a talking point and I remember similar silly discussions happening previous years with Big Brother.
The commercials are really starting to do my head in. All they seem to do is show us some of the contestant names. Whoopdidoo. Do they think that people could care less prior to watching the show if there is a firefighter on there? Or some fit dude who says he never fails at anything? Surely there should be a theme of the season they can focus on, or even go into the format of the game a bit more given the audience they are appealing too would be those who havnât watched Survivor at all or at least not in 15 years.
The host seems over dramatic in the way that he screams out a number of cheesy lines as well. I know Australian commercials are generally over the top but this one is definitely going for the internse/dramatic feel but not really giving us anything.
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Regarding the casting, Iâd like to think casting agents cast those who a best suited, not just pulling out the multi-cultural card for the sake of it, that said the survivor cast is quite white.
The promos are great thus far, Iâm sure we will start to see more of the âgameâ in future trailers⌠itâs only just started its on-air promotion. Canât spill all your candy in the lobby.
Is this an American thing?
lollies, whatever it is just a phrase 
and foyer.
Must say, Iâve never heard of it before.
We canât really know who applied for the show, and maybe it did skew towards Caucasian applicants. But I think itâs worthwhile questioning why the cast is so overwhelmingly white - it certainly doesnât reflect the Australia I live in and the people I know (and Iâm saying this as a white guy).
Plus, the show ultimately would benefit from the diversity brought by people with different backgrounds and experiences. Characters like Tai on the most recent American season, who was Vietnamese and gay, are a part of what makes the show what it is.
No itâs not. Regardless of the fact this is Australian Survivor and not Nigerian Survivor or Cambodian Survivor, and thus the fact it is âwhiteâ should be of no surprise, the superficial colour of peopleâs skin has literally nothing to do with this show. And, for example, you wouldnât have a clue whether one of them is of Italian background, or had Hungarian parents etc. Itâs just a lazy blanket criticism used by Americans when discussing âvisible minoritiesâ in their country.
Who said it had to be an accurate reflection in any way?
Do the covers of the Australian Womenâs Weekly reflect the people you know? Do mums featuring in cordial advertisements reflect the people you know?
Yeah it usually is said by a white guy - actually, it almost exclusively is - others donât care, and others arenât obsessed with cultural cringe.
Well, as a guy myself, from a non-English speaking family background, I couldnât give two shits.
Sure. But Tai wasnât a good cast member simply because he was Vietnamese. It was because he was Tai. I could think of at least 10 Vietnamese Australians I know that would be utterly boring cast members. Tai was an eccentric.
Arenât they still white? 
92% of Australians are white. 7% Asian. Others 1%. Ten should be picking the best applicants, and if the best 24 are all white or all Asian,so be it.
Depends on their definition of the âbestâ.
You should watch UnReal to get an understanding of what constitutes the âbestâ reality show contestants. 
Best is probably down to a few things including:
- Their reliability to the audience;
- How theyâd play the game; and
- The entertainment factor for the ratings (like whether someone would blow up and spill a bag of rice into the fire).
Probably more, these are the most obvious to me.
Well, exactly. My point being âwhiteâ means fuck all in terms of diversity in Australia.