True Story: Many years ago I was a Supervisor of a group for a large corporation. I had been requesting permission to hire another person, but the request kept being turned down - need to conserve budget.
Anyway, a senior Engineer had a son-in-law that was laid-off from another company so he went to my Vice-President asking if he could hire his son-in-law. Well, the VP set up the interview with me. I was soooooo happy. During the interview this person told me that he came from a much more senior position and he WOULD NOT do "lowly" tasks that a junior employee would be expected to do.
After the interview I went to the VP and told him that this person would not be a good fit and would like to set up other interviews to find the right person. The VP told me it was either this person or no one. Out of desperation I agreed to hire him.
What ended up happening was that a lot of what I, as Supervisor, had been doing this person agreed to do. Many other tasks that needed to be done he refused to do, as these things were below him. Can you guess who had to do these "lowly" tasks? You got it, I did. As supervisor it was my responsibility to make sure everything was completed, so even if I had to work many hours of "unpaid" overtime, I did them myself.
Meanwhile this new employee had a very leisurely work day and never stayed even one minute past quitting time. He only did what he wanted to do and nothing more, knowing that he could not be fired. Looking back on it, I should have never hired him in the first place. Because he was there the VP expected even more from my department. I would have been much better off without him.
The moral of the story is that no matter what your color, gender, language, etc, etc, a business has a need to have tasks accomplished. If you are not willing to accomplish these tasks, then you should not work there.
To suggest that to be expected to do things that you think are beneath you is Racist is Way, Way, off base. If you do not wish to do those tasks then get a job somewhere else, or apply for another position within the company that you think you are better suited for.
just my thoughts - without even reading the article...