The Facade of the CBS Diversity Mandate
CBS has announced that many of its shows such as Survivor must have further cast diversity. The main change we have seen is that at least 50% of a show's cast must not be white. This does make sense, with almost exactly 50% of the US population not being white and this figure being underrepresented on many shows. Some have argued that there should be a bit of leeway to improve casts, and have proposed a minimum figure of 40%. I don't, however, really have the knowledge to make a judgement here. What I do have knowledge on, however, is Survivor. Why, you may ask, do I feel like this is a facade? Simply because I feel as if while this may cause people to look different, which I do agree with, Survivor has made the actual personalities of these contestants very monotone. To be perfectly honest, season 41 had a pretty terrible cast, even if it looked good in a photo. I say, go on with this, and secure a racially diverse cast. It's a good thing! However, I feel that an entirely