The following is an email I sent to Mediacorp, ST, Today, Stomp and CCed the MDA.
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I am disappointed that MediaCorp has gone ahead with plans to screen the new season of Survivor. The ethnic-grouping format has already raised eyebrows in the US with members of the New York City council even asking CBS to pull the show off the air. In a multi-racial city that owes its peace and prosperity to the good relations between the races, Singapore cannot afford to allow such forms of mass media to condone divisions along ethnic lines for the sake of Friday night entertainment. Airing the show is in blatant disregard of the potential social sensitivities post-9/11, and undermines the government's efforts at bringing Singaporeans closer as one people.
If Singaporeans walk away with the idea that it is alright to assess one's physical and mental abilities based on their race, that it is ok for one race to feel superior to another because they win at challenges, that one race feels like they are losers because of the colour of their skin, then we have indeed not matured as a people, and not learnt the painful lessons of the past.
As the only free-to-air broadcaster in Singapore, MediaCorp has moral and civic obligations to all Singaporeans. Please rethink the decision to air Survivor Cook Islands.
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If you feel the same way, please make your voice heard. Mediacorp - acquired5@mediacorptv.com, feedback@mediacorp.com.sg
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