This guy needs to leave the status of victim, that he clings to as a minority, by becoming an American.
It seems to me, he's recounting his experience so as to comment on the difficulties that he, as a black man, had as a result of the social experiment of affirmative action. I have no problem with someone letting others know of his experiences, and, according to the article, those of some other black men in similar situations.
Of course William Coleman didn't have a problem; he was keyed into the top jobs because of his relationship with Bill Clinton; the old 'it's not what you know, it's WHO you know'. It' helps a lot when your old roommate is first the Attorney General, then Governor, of Arkansas, then President of the United States.