Other than affirmative action , what are you talking about here ? I ' m thinking more broad spectrum in how we approach the creation of new programs , and how we approach existing programs . Affirmative action , in the past , I can understand . At one point in time , the view of black people was so low that they really had to get them into positions so that people could have their minds changed . I don ' t like it , but I can certainly understand a historical version of affirmative action . Present day , though ? The same sort of racism that existed in the 60 ' s and 70 ' s does not exist now which is not to say that racism doesn ' t exist , just not anywhere near to the same extent as it did . I know of a few programs that come to mind that I see as specifically being motivated by race . Most of those are aimed at college education , and target specific minority groups which is , again , racist because you ' re also denying that same aide to people who are in the exact same situation , but aren ' t of the minority group . So while I can understand why someone would create such a program , I don ' t see it as ethical but I do see that the intention is good and that it does do good as well , and specifically for people that do actually still need the help . To answer your question more directly , however , I simply don ' t have enough information on all the programs that exist to really reference all of those that I find to be morally unjustifiable , within the context of ' racism is unacceptable '. What federal programs focus specifically on black people and poverty ? The NAACP , for example , offers scholarships to black students . Now you could argue that such an organization can discriminate against other groups , and target black individuals , because it is a private group , and it is their right to choose where their funds go . However , what if we took all the money that would normally go to more generalized scholarships and targeted white people ? We ' d obviously find fault with such a system , regardless of the equivalent need between the individuals getting said scholarships . But , specifically talking about programs aimed and black people and poverty ? I don ' t know of any , which is obviously the answer you were leading to with that question which is fine . The argument isn ' t to say that we need to STOP creating those programs since they really don ' t exist for the most part but that we shouldn ' t CREATE those programs . That in this period in time where Black Lives Matter , Social Justice movements , and so on , are becoming more prominent , and specifically where they pick targets of discrimination , good and bad , based upon racial groups , I am all the more motivated make the argument , and to fight against those who would consider racial discrimination a beneficial tool , as though it wasn ' t the very same tool used against those they ' re trying to help now and that its no more morally justified now than it was then , just because the roles are reversed .