November 23, 2011
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HOW can the name Black Friday be offensive?
I just heard that there are those that consider Black Friday offensive because it intimates that it is the day black people do their shopping or some such bullshit. What? Puhleeze.
I’m sure my readers all know this, but here it is anyway.
Most retailers operate in the red until the day after Thanksgiving, which is the biggest shopping day of the year. By the end of the day, enough shoppers have dropped enough money that they are no longer operating at a deficit and are finally “in the black”. In Accounting, negative numbers are red and positive numbers are black. -1,234.56 or (1,234.56) vs. 1,234.56
Why do some people have to turn everything into a racist issue?
Comments (3)
Great post! Anybody who has ever worked in a small retail shop (florist shop here) knows that the days your store is open after Thanksgiving will either win or lose for the whole year. I’m thinking calling this named Friday racist is racist itself. Racism works in both directions, Geeze – what will they complain about next?
Oh for crying out loud. Besides, don’t they know its the white folks that act like idiots for things that aren’t really bargains?
I’ve never heard of this before – about Black Friday, that is. I think it’s the same logic as the people who get offended by “Happy Holidays”. Some people just like to have something to be upset about, since that way they get to point a finger as opposed to looking more closely at themselves..