Kansas City Pitch: You're Racist, Gimme Money!!!

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Limitations on resources, support, and opportunities in poverty-stricken areas can severely hinder the livelihood and upward mobility of Black people. To exemplify this struggle, G.I.F.T. has made its first foray into the realm of filmmaking.

Today, the organization debuted a short film titled Our Flag is Still There. The piece depicts the economic and social disconnect between races in Kansas City—and how G.I.F.T. can change a life.

“Redlining, the impact is still there,” G.I.F.T. says in the film’s description. “Worker discrimination, the impact is still there. The school-to-prison pipeline, the impact is still there. We have progressed but we still have work to do, to bring a marginalized group of people to a healthy state, and we can objectively say equality has been achieved.”

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com news link . . .

Kansas City G.I.F.T. unveils short film on racial economic disparity

Still from Our Flag is Still There. // Courtesy G.I.F.T. Kansas City G.I.F.T. is a non-profit organization that started two years ago to help Black-owned businesses excel. Since its formation, G.I.F.T. has raised over $500,00 in grants to local Black-owned companies.

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