Can anyone explain to me how the officials are not being racist as hell here? How could "worship of the written word" be a disadvantage for non-whites unless th

Can anyone explain to me how the officials are not being racist as hell here? How could "worship of the written word" be a disadvantage for non-whites unless they are inherently less literate? Or are they using some kind of academic definitions that don't actually have to do anything with people's skin colors? Their mention of "patriarchy" makes me think so since black men do exist.