I don't know if this is true everywhere, but my objection is mainly that there are no similar but unrestricted programs at all here. It's one thing to make a program tailored to girls when there's already one tailored to boys, or one that's not but happens to appeal mainly to boys. It's another thing entirely when the only options are girls-only.
You have next to nothing in common with a poor, rural white male with a single mother, so why shut them out based on your own privilege? Since poverty is already seen as a proxy for race, why not just start programs in poor areas without explicit focus on race? It has the same general effect without shutting the door on other underprivileged people.
> white, male, middle class, suburbs, nuclear family, single income, etc
You have next to nothing in common with a poor, rural white male with a single mother, so why shut them out based on your own privilege? Since poverty is already seen as a proxy for race, why not just start programs in poor areas without explicit focus on race? It has the same general effect without shutting the door on other underprivileged people.