Really? You think her being black, or a woman, played no part at all in getting her all this exposure?
The insinuation is that she doesn't deserve it, that she was only awarded this because she is a young black woman. Are you really placed to judge this? Do you know the ins-and-outs of the award criteria, what the other candidates were like, have you concertedly worked through your anti-black prejudices? No offence but I doubt all three.
In other words: Is the coverage a good signal for whether one should be impressed or not.
It may have merit on inspiring others, particularly underrepresented groups, but I think that’s only adjacent to the parents question of: is this impressive in a vacuum, or just getting traction because of her gender/race, which presumably the parent doesn’t find to be important.
Accusations of “anti black prejudices” may be wrong if their actual point is that the news is prejudicially covering otherwise non newsworthy work primarily because of the gender/race of the creator.
Remember this isn't Gab, folks?