African-American Vs Tolstoy

To sit and compare the similarities and differences between an African-American and a Mexican-American on two different coasts of the United States and being raised in two different decades by parents who have different beliefs and who also has different child rearing practices and, to do it successfully, is highly improbable, but the only thing that I can think of is the opening line of the book “Anna Karenina” by Leo Tolstoy “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Which to me accurately describes both of the non fiction excerpts “Complexion” (from Hunger of Memory) by Richard Rodriguez and “Notes of a Native Son” by James Baldwin.
James Baldwin describes his father as “he was the most bitter man I have