"... Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide is not a primer of positional play; for that, try Michael Stean’s Simple Chess, Herman Grooten’s Chess Strategy for Club Players, or Silman’s aforementioned How to Reassess Your Chess. Instead, you might think of Chess Structures as positional chess ‘finishing school.’ …"
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/chess-structures-a-grandmaster-guide/
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7495.pdf
you will note that later i correct my mistake and merely say that black gets an easier position to play
That assessment is a bit subjective, but if the results in the Mega Database are any indication, it would seem to be the other way around (as white scores very well in this line in the 2500+ vs 2500+ filter).
I agree with that but in no way are the players we discussing +2500 strength. I feel that if you are operating on no theory and having never encountered this before, the player playing the black side would have a practical advantage