Race and Gender Criticism

While reading "Race and Gender Criticism", I learned about the oppression and discrimination against women and people of color. I believe that everyone should be judged by their artwork and not by their ethnicity and background. According to this article, only one person of color was able to showcase their work and no black men were able to at all. I believe this should not happen because we have come too far to take a couple steps back. Everyone should be treated with equality. How do you feel about this?