Yeah, but what your missing or omitting in you comment is that the essay wasn't about her not being on a hockey team or not knowing a Senior manager. Hadiya is saying that because she was born black she was treated differently. That being born black had a detrimental affect on her career. 

The she made a point that being born black meant  there were places that wouldn't hire her.  So, she wouldn't even get a chance to be reflected upon based solely by her work.