It’s easy to make the case: zero interest rates and governments handing out money like Magic Basic Lands were helping racialized, minoritized, and BIPOC individuals. Shutting off the spigots and raising rates has made it more difficult for marginalized people to subsist without working and has delayed the distribution of reparations. The collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank sends a shudder through the markets and the halls of Handouts, resulting in Millions Dying among the Black, Brown, and LGBTQIA+ Communities.
Getting people dependent and then cutting them off has been a staple of some people for a long, long time.