To buy or not to buy

One of interesting things about living in the states is seeing people on Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving in U.S.) get up early in the morning (or come up the night before) in order to shop for some good deals in electronics, clothing, home appliances, etc.  I tried that two years ago. There was such a long lineup at both the entrance and the checkout area. It’s long enough that I haven’t done it again since then. Recently I read a thoughtful post by Eugene Cho who reflects upon this Black Friday phenomenon and the opposing Buy Nothing Day which was first started by a Vancouver artist. Click here to see his post. His conversation with his African American friend is a good reminder to me: there are different types of people living in this society and the disenfranchised could be adversely impacted by the action of the relatively well off even though the action itself is well-intended but its possible consequence has not been thought through well.

~ by mathetespantote on December 2, 2007.