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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I hope it works better than the SC boycott! They are still thick as ants here.
I think collectively it’s time to stand up to them. Quit recoiling at being called racist, and bending over backwards a million times over to prove that you’re not.
We need one official “Get Over It” Day. Tell them the same laws apply to all - if you want to think we’re racists, so be it. We won’t even attempt to change your mind. It’s that fear of being called a racist that gives them power. Honestly, it’s enough to make you become a racist!
Good. Maybe it will be safe to shop on Black Friday.
Throw out your gold teeth and see how they roll!
((((OR MAYBE YOUR GRILL! LOL!))))))
Invite every black person in America you know to be a redneck.
https://soundcloud.com/daniel-levy-6/demo-01-rednecksbuiltamerica
I wonder if there will be violence towards shoppers of certain skin color tomorrow
Because Black Friday is racist.
Excellent! Imagine the whole world full of rednecks! Problems, solved.
My black buddies at work are all Necks from Alabama. We get along great and go to the shooting range on Monday night’s. I wish more black folks were country.
I fail to see the downside.
Please don’t boycott my store Brer Fox!
Yup - a lot of very good black people in Canada as well.
As I say to my son, I’m not a racist, but I am a culturist. There’s a big difference. Not all cultures deserve the same respect.
So would it now become White Friday? Isn’t that racist?
“You can vote.”
Yeah, all the politicians involved are democrats. So yeah, vote republican next time.
Not satire. ‘Only a Fool Would Say That’.....is a song title from Steely Dan’s ‘Can’t Buy a thrill’ 1972 album.
If this happens, it’ll be the safest Black Friday ever.
I despise the authors of this article.
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