Just because the current residents don't want it doesn't make their opinion right. If the current residents said "well we don't want anyone of [race]", we would

Just because the current residents don't want it doesn't make their opinion right. If the current residents said "well we don't want anyone of [race]", we wouldn't just go, "oh well it's their neighborhood, guess they get to decide!" There's a housing crisis, and yes, many residents are using democracy to stand in the way of fixing the problem. That's bad!