re: Anthony Bourdain had a no white chef's policy for Houston episode.

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Anthony Bourdain had a no white chef's policy for Houston episode.

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Of course he did. While not surprising, it is completely hypocritical and disingenuous.

Food is a form of art. People take inspirations form other cultures to create something for others to enjoy. By instituting a "no whitey" policy, you are essentially being bigoted for no other reason to be a bigot. What if that white person is from abroad? What if his inspiration is from Africa or Spain or Central America? Food doesn't have a race.

I am in no way, less able to make an African dish than someone from Africa unless it's due to geographic specific foods that are not acquired here. The same goes for any chef in Houston.

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Bourdain tells the New Yorker that he wanted to look at Houston “as a Vietnamese and Central American and African and Indian place.”

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That's not what Houston is, though. Yes that is part of it, but so are those evil white chefs too. Houston is a giant amalgamation of differing cultures and imposing a "no whitey" rule is just plain bigoted to be bigoted.