Count 'em--4 of 5

Prior to the start of this season's Survivor: Cook Islands, there was a lot of hubaloo about the show's decision to form tribes along racial lines (white, black, asian, hispanic), most charging this organizational scheme to be inherently racist.

Before long, however, the four tribes which began with five members each were re-organized into two racially-mixed teams.

Last week's episode brought the total of survivors still in the game to 9--four whites, two asians, two blacks, and one hispanic.

While the original tribe of five whites were split 2 vs. 3 in the reorganization, two weeks ago, two of the remaining four whites decided to mutiny from their tribe and join the other (thereby consolidating all the remaining white survivors into this one tribe).

I haven't heard any more folks going on about the racial/racist dynamics at play in this season's Survivor though--not that I'm the least bit surprised.