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[–] jobes [OP] 5 points (+5|-0)

The mayor of Oakland, California, on Tuesday announced a privately funded program that will give low-income families of color in the city $500 per month with no rules on how they can spend it.

Sorry poor white people, your skin color excludes you from this sweet deal

[–] PhunkyPlatypus 0 points (+0|-0)

White households in Oakland on average make about three times as much annually than black households, according to the Oakland Equity Index.

[–] xyzzy 1 points (+1|-0)

The average is a really bad metric for poverty. The median would be better, but still there are people on the low end who can use help regardless of their race.

[–] PhunkyPlatypus 1 points (+1|-0)

You're right, that would be a more ideal method to help mitigate all those in poverty. But in this case their focusing on the disenfranchised minorities.