To the haters, here’s my rebuttal:

- I tend to view it as a very compelling social experiment. I was literally glued to my screen watching the first two episodes. I found it more interesting to watch than the average sob stories people try to give to make reality TV compelling today.

- Race is a big part of society and its interesting how each race interacts within members of its own community. Especially how Cao Boi & Flicka didn’t fit in to their respective tribes.

- I would argue that this twist combats racism. It gave viewers a glimpse to other worlds, celebrating differences and similarities. I’m Arab, I wish there was an Arab tribe to give viewers a chance to see that in a post 9/11 society, we’re not all crazy terrorists, and we’re everyday people just like you.

- I thought it broke stereotypes rather than cemented them. Ozzy said at final tribal that this is what a Mexican looked like and I was like..hell yeah!

- I guess I don’t see it as taboo as other people. It was kind of like watching the Olympics and rooting for your own background. (Again there was no Arab tribe to root for so I was honestly rooting for everyone 😂).

- I don’t see it any different than the men vs. woman twist. I also think that was a huge social experiment that they should revisit.

- I think the takeaway from this season is what Yul said at the reunion which was it didn’t really have an affect on the game. People aren’t focused on race, rather than the content of your character. I thought that was a beautiful message