Your viewpoint is a bit simplistic. There's not a hierarchy of discrimination, but rather an intersection. Under various circumstances, certain aspects of your

Your viewpoint is a bit simplistic. There's not a hierarchy of discrimination, but rather an intersection. Under various circumstances, certain aspects of your identity might subject you to discrimination or give you privilege. You can't really rank facets of identity, because their impact, regarding privilege or lack thereof, is completely situational. The author's story speaks to a similarly reductive (or overly hopeful) viewpoint, of which he was disabused. The good news for him is that his son will probably retain enough advantages to overcome the disadvantage being black in America often bestows.