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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)

(Excerpt) Read more at edition.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: blackfriday; blacks; boycott; ferguson
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I hope it works better than the SC boycott! They are still thick as ants here.


41 posted on 11/27/2014 6:16:09 PM PST by Former Fetus (Saved by grace through faith)
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To: txrefugee

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!


42 posted on 11/27/2014 6:17:02 PM PST by JudyinCanada
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Good. Maybe it will be safe to shop on Black Friday.


43 posted on 11/27/2014 6:17:25 PM PST by Royal Wulff
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Boycott Black Ice

http://youtu.be/efiW2K8gASM


44 posted on 11/27/2014 6:17:56 PM PST by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - a Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: Magic Fingers

Throw out your gold teeth and see how they roll!

((((OR MAYBE YOUR GRILL! LOL!))))))


45 posted on 11/27/2014 6:18:12 PM PST by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: JudyinCanada

Invite every black person in America you know to be a redneck.

https://soundcloud.com/daniel-levy-6/demo-01-rednecksbuiltamerica


46 posted on 11/27/2014 6:19:36 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I wonder if there will be violence towards shoppers of certain skin color tomorrow


47 posted on 11/27/2014 6:19:47 PM PST by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Why blacks are urging a Black Friday boycott

Because Black Friday is racist.

48 posted on 11/27/2014 6:21:57 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Excellent! Imagine the whole world full of rednecks! Problems, solved.


49 posted on 11/27/2014 6:22:13 PM PST by JudyinCanada
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To: JudyinCanada

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.


50 posted on 11/27/2014 6:24:25 PM PST by The Toll
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I fail to see the downside.


51 posted on 11/27/2014 6:25:05 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Please don’t boycott my store Brer Fox!


52 posted on 11/27/2014 6:25:42 PM PST by MNDude
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To: The Toll

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.


53 posted on 11/27/2014 6:26:08 PM PST by JudyinCanada
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So would it now become White Friday? Isn’t that racist?


54 posted on 11/27/2014 6:28:19 PM PST by JudyinCanada
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“You can vote.”

Yeah, all the politicians involved are democrats. So yeah, vote republican next time.


55 posted on 11/27/2014 6:45:52 PM PST by MNnice
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Not satire. ‘Only a Fool Would Say That’.....is a song title from Steely Dan’s ‘Can’t Buy a thrill’ 1972 album.


56 posted on 11/27/2014 6:46:09 PM PST by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If this happens, it’ll be the safest Black Friday ever.


57 posted on 11/27/2014 6:50:45 PM PST by Dick Vomer (2 Timothy 4:7 deo duce ferro comitante)
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To: Magic Fingers

It’s a Steely Dan song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1ZV4Mx7tw8


58 posted on 11/27/2014 6:53:33 PM PST by Alas Babylon!
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I despise the authors of this article.


59 posted on 11/27/2014 6:55:54 PM PST by Williams
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To: Alas Babylon!; Magic Fingers

:-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTt-URVOYos


60 posted on 11/27/2014 6:56:09 PM PST by Alas Babylon!
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