Thursday, November 27, 2014

The "film and arts world"?????-----Why blacks are urging a Black Friday boycott

Think about this for a second.
These black millionaires are telling poor folks to avoid store discount sales so the millionaires can feel better about themselves.
And the media will tell us this is "brave" and "wise" advice.

Why blacks are urging a Black Friday boycott (Opinion) - CNN.com
(CNN) -- 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.
....."We've got to fight the powers that be!" proclaimed Public Enemy's Chuck D in 1989.
With the embers of Ferguson still smoldering, it is clear that the struggle continues.
But by taking their purchasing power away on retailers' favorite day of the year, the voice of blacks in America, and their allies, may echo more loudly in its absence from shopping malls and big box stores.

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