The author of that article may be in danger of losing their job now since they referred to her as a 'young black woman' rather than as a 'young woman'. I hope not, but it's a serious risk for him or her to have included that one word. I'm glad they did though, it shows the truth of the story.
It's kind of like those flash mob stories, the reporters play it safe and let the video show what was going on, while referring to them as 'young people'. If they said 'young black people' then it's possible the reporter could be fired.
I hope not in this case of the article's author.