What does it do in terms of housing, employment, education, child care, transportion, or health care???? Giving people food and clothing with no means of providing for themselves keeps them dependent, impoverished, and unable to fend for themselves. But it does help you to condescend to the "minorities" you're providing this meager assistance to.
When our congregation provided assistance to people in need, they didn't discriminate on the basis of race. If white people ask for help do you refuse them because you're only assisting "minorities? OTOH our congregation didn't provide much in the way of assistance to the poor because all our money went to the building and our congregational needs.