They constantly pull that trick. Pretend that everything that has gone before never happened. Act like we've been doing zero for the last fifty years to "help the cities."
It works with the Low-Information Voters.
Well, at least with young ones; older people (of all races) understand that this is code for “buy peace with money for drugs, alcohol, etc.” to sedate the permanent underclass. Older black educators have no misconceptions about what is wrong, and also understand that throwing more money at the problem doesn’t help; they watch hard-working Africans enter their schools and excel with little money.
I tried to explain that to my co-worker and that the real problem is the breakdown of the family, not money. It’s a moral/spiritual problem. Of course she blamed lead poisoning and how that diminished his career choices.