You make a good point, designs. Waiving/cutting tuition fees for poor black people (or poor people of any colour) seems reasonable enough.
But I still feel the elephant in the room is ignored - it seems in both the US and the UK that black people are absurdly over-represented as victims and perps of violent crime. What's the deal? Is it cultural? Lack of good father figures? Is this refusing to toe the line arrogance?
I feel it's a shame the situation is as it is. Here in England, I remember reading about a little Indian girl who was shot in the head, caught in the cross-fire between rival black gang members in Brixton. Shortly after, some members of the 'black community' put a text message out entitled 'don't snitch' - absolutely disgusting.
I speak as a white guy who has known several (~20) black people as friends and work colleagues over the years. They were all nice, decent people except one, IMO.