I don't think a government program to fix all of our racial problems is going to work irl, but I think just adopting like finland's welfare state, childcare benefits, and provide lots more affordable housing and that would solve a bunch of problems with poverty and then we could actually address problems independent of that. I don't think UBI is a panacea but I think it is both better than nothing and better than a job guarantee and I think that it is fine as long as it isn't just a stalking horse for eliminating the meager UI/welfare benefits we do now (which it currently is) and it is in addition to the rest.
I am not a big MMT believer, but I do think the inflation scolds have a lot to answer for on why we haven't seen inflation for the last 13 years.