It's private charity, so I don't personally believe it's racial discrimination. I understand that it's discriminatory, and I also get that the discriminating factor is race (to a degree), but it's not rooted in bigotry. They just are trying to correct what they assume to be is an in justice.

If you wanted to help out your neighbor, but no one else, that's a form of discrimination, right? You might know your neighbor and his needs and feel like he's gotten a bad rap, whereas you don't feel or care about your other neighbors. That doesn't mean you hate your other neighbors. The people in charge of the Jazz feel like minorities have had an unfair shake and want to give something specifically to them. I don't think that's racist. Are their poor whites? Certainly. That's not really the problem the Jazz are trying to solve, though. I think this is different than affirmative action, and think the federal government should probably refrain from making similar choices.

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