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A group of New York City officials are a bit miffed about the tribe setup in the newest installment of CBS's Survivor, which begins its new season in a few short weeks. You see, in order to keep the franchise as fresh as possible after thirteen editions of the program Mark Brunett has decided to split the tribes along racial lines: blacks, Asians, Latinos and whites.

Well, NYC officials aren't happy about that. According to City Councilman John Liu, the division along racial lines will promotes divisiveness. Liu, along with a coalition of officials, are asking CBS to reconsider its plans to air the program because it will promote racial division and negative typecasts. The network is defending the show, saying that the racially-divided theme of this season follows the show's tradition of introducing new creative elements and casting structures that reflect cultural and social issues. Translation: we can't think of any other way to keep this show afloat, other than perhaps having an all-nude installment of Survivor (Richard Hatch, are you listening?).

Coulcilman Liu, along with officials from the council's black, Latino and Asian caucuses, plan to rally at City Hall on Friday to protest the show. After that, maybe they can get together to make sure that the city is protected from another terrorist attack. You know, meaningless stuff compared to protesting a television show.