This is the type of thing that sends certain people emotionally of the rails, but I suppose I can't say a city shouldn't do whatever they think is right just because some bad-faith actors will try to use it as a rallying-cry.
Would you also accept a city providing benefits to only white residents?
You could provide benefits on a criteria like poverty, which is intrinsically race-blind and agreeable but happens to include a higher ratio of black people. Like you could provide a scholarship based on test scores, which is intrinsically race-blind but happens to include more Asians. But this is objectively racist, and I believe unlikely to benefit even black people in the long run due to the underlying message.
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