Oops, sorry about that. What I was told was a straightforward news story turns out to have been satire:
http://wwor.org/asian-massage-parlors-found-to-lack-diversity/
Apparently though, this Slate story is not a parody:
Are People Racist Against Black Dogs?
Grandma used to say that seeing the world through the prism of race was the Sine qua non of racism.
I hated it when she spoke Latin.