> since it seems to me like the preference is achieving its desired effect in the end (said person getting paid). The desired effect is stratify the populace i

> since it seems to me like the preference is achieving its desired effect in the end (said person getting paid). The desired effect is stratify the populace into more and more tribes that can fight amongst themselves. You give special treatment to some, thereby weakening political opposition and obtaining plausible deniability to say that you helped. If you want to help someone who hasn’t been paid well historically, then you pull up the database of tax filings, sort from lowest to highest and deposit some money, or give them access to education, or blah blah. “Historically not paid well” has nothing to do with skin tone, religion, gender, or anything other than history of income.