My answer: As black, if I could come up with a plan that would open a light square diagonal for my light squared bishop, while at the same time leaving the light square diagonals practically closed for white, then yes, we could say that's one of black's goals. But it doesn't make sense to set a goal of opening a light-square diagonal more generally, since it could benefit both white and black.
The Process of Decision Making in Chess Volume 2: Practice positions and solutions. Position 8.3
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Hi! I noticed that @spochman hadn't created a topic in the forum for position 8.3; reading through the book today, I saw it, and thought I would offer my own thoughts on the "Challenge" in the diagram: