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Why blacks are urging a Black Friday boycott
CNN ^
| November 27, 2014
| Soledad O'Brien and Rose Arce
Posted on 11/27/2014 5:36:32 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
(VIDEO-AT-LINK)
Once again, the streets are electric with anger after a white police officer evades charges for fatally shooting a black man. Sirens screech and wood batons push back marchers protesting from Missouri to New York to Los Angeles. This time the cadence of "No Justice, No Peace" has been replaced with "Hand's Up. Don't Shoot."
But there was another sign raised above the crowd in a recent protest in New York: "Doing Nothing with Saying Nothing. Changes Nothing." The mathematics of this one are clear. Something's gotta give.
A loose network led by African Americans in the film and arts world has emerged from the fog of tear gas to call for a quiet riot in response: a boycott of Black Friday shopping.
Ryan Coogler, who directed the 2013 film about police brutality called "Fruitvale Station," told us he was confounded by the eruptions of "human rights violations committed by public servants."
"There are three ways you can express yourself," Coogler said. "You can vote. You can protest. You can choose how you spend your money that goes to America's corporations that hold a lot of power."(continued)
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: blackfriday; blacks; boycott; ferguson
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Better yet, boycott the country. Move. Away.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Because the prefer their 60” flat-screens to be FREE!!!
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posted on
11/27/2014 5:37:58 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Any energy source that requires a subsidy is, by definition, "unsustainable.")
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
11/27/2014 5:38:24 PM PST
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Black Friday will be a riot!
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posted on
11/27/2014 5:39:23 PM PST
by
SaxxonWoods
(Life is good.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I'm sure that is taxpayer $$$ that at this point,
many of us wouldn't begrudge...I've had my fill of the
'eternally aggrieved'. This past week has been the final straw.
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posted on
11/27/2014 5:40:53 PM PST
by
45semi
(A police state is always preceded by a nanny state...)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
They are free to spend their money as they see fit. Not sure what their goal is. They really seem bent on just punishing someone for this perceived injustice. It doesnt seem to matter who.
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posted on
11/27/2014 5:41:18 PM PST
by
joshua c
(Please dont feed the liberals)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
11/27/2014 5:43:29 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Why blacks are urging a Black Friday boycott Please do ... I would run less risk of getting killed in the animal stamped at the doors of Walmart.
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posted on
11/27/2014 5:44:03 PM PST
by
doc1019
To: 2ndDivisionVet
This all being coordinated by Occupy Wall Street
To: joshua c
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posted on
11/27/2014 5:44:07 PM PST
by
SaxxonWoods
(Life is good.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
they be TRIPPIN!!!
this marks the END of their FIFTEEN MUNITES of FAME
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posted on
11/27/2014 5:44:09 PM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
When Black Friday comes
I’m gonna dig myself a hole
Gonna lay down in it til I satisfy my soul....
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posted on
11/27/2014 5:44:12 PM PST
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Why is it all their plans tend to hurt themselves the most. I mean if you want to boycott you do not choose the biggest markdown day of the year. That’s just stupid.
Oh well more deals for the rest of us.
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posted on
11/27/2014 5:44:24 PM PST
by
The Ghost of FReepers Past
(Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
To: joshua c
They are free to spend their money as they see fit.
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posted on
11/27/2014 5:44:37 PM PST
by
golux
To: 2ndDivisionVet
"Why blacks are urging a Black Friday boycott"
No looting on Friday.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Once again, the streets are electric with anger after a white police officer evades charges for fatally shooting a black man. CNN describes the officer as "evading" the charges.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I'm disappointed. No stampedes for a hundred dollar TV this year? That's going to leave a mark.
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posted on
11/27/2014 5:45:57 PM PST
by
4yearlurker
(Some people say that experts agree!!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
We hold these truths to be self-evident.
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posted on
11/27/2014 5:46:46 PM PST
by
golux
To: FreeReign
Right. What charges? 😀
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posted on
11/27/2014 5:48:15 PM PST
by
The Toll
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Why is this a bad thing? What he is basically saying is that there will be few if any Black Friday stampedes and riots.
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