This is probably news to Rush. If he were so "privileged," I doubt he would have struggled to find a footing in his chosen career. The author makes it sound like he walked into a radio station as a young man and was handed a huge contract for a nationally syndicated show.
To this Mitcell woman, all 'people of no color' enjoy privilege. Her job at the Scum-Times is to spew that theme.That's what she can do. It's all she'll ever do.