I'm all for giving people opportunities to get out of poverty. I do not think such opportunities should be limited to a particular race. Pell Grants are a good example. The grants aren't racist in that everyone can apply. However, the odds of a randomly selected Pell Grant student being black are twice as high as what should be expected if Pell Grants are evenly distributed amoung college students, but it isn't a race-based opportunity. You can give people opportunities to get out of poverty without practicing racism.