Blacks Struggling For Respect In Chefdom

[Rob]

It's an old article (from 2006), but I was referred to it from a fellow foodie. Much of what you'd expect from NYT. The author of this article, a blogger, is pretensious to the core.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/05/dining/05race.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=ruhlman%20black%20chefs&st=cse&oref=login&oref=slogin

[lnelson]

It embarrasses me to confess it, but I like to watch the kitchen-based
reality shows, including "Next Top Chef" or whatever it's called. As with
all reality shows, the participants are carefully chosen to fit P.C. criteria.
These cooking competitions always have blacks participants, and their
little bios are predictably cornball --- the stuggle, the hard work, etc.
But in the actual competition, the stereotypical blacks traits --- laziness,
sloppiness, hair-trigger temper, excuse-making, etc. --- condemn them
to failure every time. Even when the hosts/judges favor them at every
turn, they can't make it to the end of the competition.