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One of the culinary contestants braving the trial by fire (and the wrath of chef Gordon Ramsey) in the 15th season of Hell’s Kitchen is Ariel Malone, who announces in the January 15 premiere that she is bi-racial and Jewish. Her parents—she’s Jewish on her mother’s side—met at Drew University and later split.
“Growing up with divorced parents, being bi-racial and Jewish was interesting to say the least. Difficult is definitely an understatement,” Malone says. “I was raised, for the most part, in a town where my school had maybe five black children in the district and one Jew—at least practicing and not ashamed–me. Both of my parents raised me to take pride in both my black racial heritage and my Jewish roots so I always stood up for myself in both regards. I encountered the most opposition from my skin color since being Jewish isn't something you can see on the surface, but I never really took much offense. The upside is that I always had an awesome skin tone year round!”
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