He is an interesting person. When my nieces were growing up, my sister and her husband lived in a predominantly middle-class black neighborhood.
People were gainfully employed. Their neighbors were community and family oriented. Their father was a successful small business person and their mother, my sister worked for a non-profit. Both stressed education and hard work as well as responsible behavior. They also enjoyed camping and hiking as well as horseback riding.
Your statement that the author had a slightly easier time with hardcore racism from whites is not clear to me. Kind of dense here. I think a big part is being in an environment that does not promote a victim mentality and does promote personal responsibility.
I guess I’m just speaking in general to some degree. It might be better said (by me) that the writer’s light skinned appearance inoculated him somewhat.