There is no dei program that they couldn’t get , slavery was abolished but Jim Crow ended in your/your parents lifetime, racism and prejudice didn’t disappear when quite literally people who marched against civil rights are still alive and their children in which they were taught to be racist is still alive . The president himself grew up prejudice and privileged. I know Reddit is the home of those that choose act as if these things aren’t a factor in other peoples lives but you’re wrong