Black Friday: The Black Lives Matter Movement

Black Friday shopping has evolved into an unusual sort of spectacle that grows excessively with every coming year. As a country, we go from a prideful national holiday, Thanksgiving, where we give thanks for all of the things that we have in our lives, to fighting tooth and nail a few hours later against other people for the things that we do not have. According to the Accounting Degree Review and its article, “Black Friday By The Numbers” (2015) in recent years,
“89 million shoppers braved the crowds on Black Friday 2012, up from 86 million in 2011. 247 million shoppers over the weekend 2012, up from 226 million in 2011” (p.1)
A lot of people are obsessive and forward with their efforts to own the next best thing, but yet fall silent to giving their support for pivotal social movements occurring at the same time as the largest shopping event of the year. The Black Lives Matter movement has occurred during the same time period as some of the largest grossing Black Fridays to ever occur. Yet, has negligible support and funding compared to the money spent on material things. Many Americans care more about the

In the case of this culture jamming piece, the police would be writing numerous citations for those involved. The biggest one handed out would more than likely be for vandalism. Even though they are just chalk drawings, writing or drawing on public property is asking for a vandalism charge. Apart from the legal aspect, another negative ramification that could come from this demonstration would be the social response of those that do not fully understand the Black Lives Matter movement. There is the high potential of verbal harassment and a risk of physical harassment that comes with any kind of protest. Despite all of the negative ramifications that come with protest, the positive outcomes are the ones that really make a societal