Kansas City World Cup Solves Racism?!?

Consumerism can create community . . . Probably not . . .

Instead, our second favorite progressive newsies push a sketchy local effort that highlights racial identity over neighborhood unity. 

The Kansas City neighborhood subtext that nobody, especially our progressive pals, don't like to talk about . . . KCMO Black merchants mistakenly see direct competition with their immigrant neighbors and attempt to leverage identity and politics to overcome this gap. A close look at the effort can sense the hostility. Again, our progressive pals are happy to push the local divisions in the name of sociological ethnography and urban exploring rather than identify divisive issues that only serve to keep most consumers away. 

For a nicer view that ignores the local political angle . . . Trust our progressive friends to carry the press release copy . . . 

"Kansas City G.I.F.T, a nonprofit focused on growing Black entrepreneurship, will distribute a guide in June that features 30 Black-owned businesses. The hope is that the World Cup, predicted to bring in more prospective shoppers than Kansas City has ever seen at once, jumpstarts long-term growth."

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

Kansas City's Black-owned businesses court World Cup visitors with a new shopping guide