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What the hell am I reading here.Yes, the Food Network had a big fallout with the southern fried butter lobbyist Paula Deen after we all found out she helped plan a slavery themed wedding and she found out that the rest of us are living in the 21st century. She got fired, lost a whole bunch of endorsement deals, and now I think she has a show on the bastion of racial tolerance that is the internet. So after the contestants bring up their food the three-judge panel tells them what they like, what they didn't like, and what about their food represents their ethnic and racial background. Seriously. You could be a person of Chinese descent who grew up in the Deep South here in the US, studied under the great Southern barbecue masters, honed your skills for years working as a caterer, then a chef, then a restauranteur and when you put that plate down in front of the "Chopped" judges at least one of them is going to say "it was good, but I wish I could taste more of your heritage." What does that mean? Because your parents were from Russia that means you can't make a great manicotti? Can a Mexican chef not a make delicious French onion soup? Does a Korean chef have to dump kimchi on a pizza before you'll believe he/she can cook? This phenomenon isn't localized entirely to "Chopped," it happens on "The Next Food Network Star," "Kitchen Casino," "Food Court Wars," and many others. I want to note that none of this subtle racism happens of "Iron Chef America;" I?assume because the Chairman would throw them out the door for disrespecting Kitchen Stadium. All the horrible things that Paula Deen said were overtly, no context necessary racist. This kind of racism, acknowledging someone's success insomuch as it is related to their ethnicity/race, is the modern subtle racism that makes some people think they're being progressive when they're really being prejudice.