Parading the race card

Sadly, all and sundry could tell that they would have lost again if the Latino team hadn’t pulled the game.

So what did this show achieved in just two episodes?

That the blacks, as Fraser called them, would be the team least likely to win the competition. But who really cares what he thinks? Regrettably many racially intolerant Australians would feel their long held bigoted views had been vindicated.

Was the outcome predictable - I guess so if the selection process allowed for an unbalanced representation of participants in a demanding contest.

And what did happen with the rest of the show.

As predicted the race groupings lasted just two episodes before the teams were amalgamated as a result of an avalanche of protest in the United States.

To play the race card too often is fraught with danger - so let that be a lesson Mr. Howard - public opinion has a habit of changing.