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Why do you assume OP that people rewarded her for being a black woman?

You have presented no evidence except the fact that she is black and a woman.

This apparently is proof itself that she must have been rewarded, proof in and of itself that the Hugo voters could not have found merit in her work because it is the work of a black woman and the work of a black woman is entirely without merit so for such a work to win then something else must be afoot.

But you are forgetting one thing.

The Hugo Awards are a Popular Award. Anyone can pay and register and vote.

So checking on librarything I find that the conservative christian science fiction author and sad puppy luminary John C. Wrights most popular work is possessed by 644 people.

While N.K. Jemisins most popular work is possessed by 2,316 people.

What do you think will happen in a Popular Award where 644 people vote for one work and 2,316 people vote for another work?

Do you think I will find similar results if I check on Goodreads? If I check their Amazon ranking?

The Hugo is a popularity contest, mass appeal books are typically the winners.

Usually they have been space operas/space adventures/science fantasies