Mr. Shabass is not capable of logical thought. Nor are many of his ilk. Any attempt to engage in rational discourse is a waste of time. You may as well try to reason with a pack of hungry tigers that they should not eat you.
I'd agree that a rational discourse is a waste of time, but he is completely rational and logical. He just can't say out loud the reasons he doesn't want the state to come in and run Detroit.
Those reasons are that Detroit has long been run like a third world one party state. There is no check on corruption, and so the funds come in and go anywhere except where they are supposed to. Even in Detroit, or maybe especially in Detroit, there is always plenty of money available to people who are connected. Well meaning outsiders see the poverty, and route even more money into the system, and it continues to dissappear, with no effect on the citizens.
The time has finally come for the state to come in and manage the city, and with that the "the family" in Detroit can't keep a lid on it with state accountants figuring out where the money is going. He is scared to death of this, but he can't say it out loud. What he labels "white supremacy" means "uncorrupted accountant."
The entire Detroit beuracracy, from middle management government jobs on up needs to be dissolved and rebuilt, with no one in the old allowed to join the new city. That won't happen. but the state needs to push as hard as possible. It needs as much tough love as possible.
And its fine if it burns down, the state should call that bluff. But what burns down, stays down.