If he were truly concerned about increasing black, Hispanic and low income attendees, he would role out free or reduced tutoring for the entrance exams to promising 7th and 8th graders. OF course, if the kids minority didn’t show up, that would be racist, too. But poor Asian would be there for the opportunity
There is ALREADY plenty of free tutoring available in the NYC public schools. And, in addition to formal tutoring sessions, any teacher would be happy to give extra help, if asked, to their students during a free or lunch period. But extremely few students ever ask for extra help or show up for official tutoring sessions in your average NYC public school. Nothing racist about it, it's just a lack of interest in doing well in their studies. Why improve your miserable, less than grade level math or reading skills when you can hang out with your friends or feel up a girl in a stairwell? This is not conjecture, this is my own personal experience after 25 years teaching in NYC high schools.