"As always, on the day Obama gave his speech in the Bronx, there were ten black service personnel in black "Just Salad" t-shirts. This time, however, I was surprised to see a white woman in a striped shirt standing among them. Her presence surprised me until I heard what she shouted at the people who were chopping the salad: "Chop, chop, chop, our goal is 45 seconds per customer!" As she spoke, she clapped a rhythm, as if commanding the crew of a Roman galley to row faster."

Indeed, situations in which a majority ethnicity are ordering around a minority happen a lot of the time but bringing it up as an anecdote to end the article makes me wonder if there is a deeper meaning to it. Why was this anecdote chosen out of other conclusions? Does it mean to imply that racism is the reason why people are poor? Or is it making a commentary on how ingrained the social injustices are to our institutions?

Given the context of the rest of the essay, it would seem, to me, it's just a simplistic way of wrapping up a not incredibly enlightening bit of writing.