[drags]

Race is the theme of the article:

"Our national history is rife with examples of black Americans facing exclusion from labor movements, as well as general workforce discrimination. It’s not hard to see how the effects of these policies have trickled down. I see my family’s work history, rendered briefly here, as a particular kind of ingenuity necessary for black Americans."

[pjlegato]

It's not at all, though she seems to think it is. It's about how indignant she is that she got two college degrees and still can't get a middle class job.

The headline is: "Two College Degrees Later, I Was Still Picking Kale For Rich People."

That happened because she studied creative writing, a largely non-marketable subject. Her being black is not relevant. If she had studied chemical engineering or dentistry or any of a large number of other in-demand subjects instead of creative writing, she'd easily have obtained a middle class job despite being black.