Archive for November 28th, 2008
Black Friday Causes Death and a Miscarriage at a Long Island Wal-Mart
4:26 pm By Maegan La Mala · New York|Shopping · 2 Comments
28 Nov 2008
Proving that no good can come out of the words “Black Friday” and “Wal-Mart”, a stampede of people this morning killed one worker and is being blamed for causing a shopper to miscarry.
A Wal-Mart worker died after being trampled when hundreds of shoppers smashed through the doors of a Long Island store Friday morning, police and witnesses said.
The 34-year-old worker, employed as an overnight stock clerk, tried to hold back the unruly crowds just after the Valley Stream store opened at 5 a.m.
Witnesses said the surging throngs of shoppers knocked the man down. He fell and was stepped on. As he gasped for air, shoppers ran over and around him.
“He was bum-rushed by 200 people,” said Jimmy Overby, 43, a co-worker. “They took the doors off the hinges. He was trampled and killed in front of me. They took me down too…I literally had to fight people off my back.”
Mumbai Attacks
28 Nov 2008I’m still figuring out how to interpret and digest the horror that has been unfolding in Mumbai, India over the last 48 hours.
Federal Legislation Recognizes Native Americans For Just One Day, The Day After Thanksgiving
12:36 pm By Maegan La Mala · history|Politics · Comments Off
28 Nov 2008
Now this just seems like a slap in the face to me.
For the first time, federal legislation has set aside the day after Thanksgiving – for this year only – to honor the contributions American Indians have made to the United States.
This is the same logic that turns Columbus Day into the lat day of Hispanic Heritage Month. The United States has to take an ugly truth of historical fact and the ways it reverberates today and make it into a second tier holiday.
Congress passed legislation this year designating the day as Native American Heritage Day, and President George W. Bush signed it last month.
Meanwhile, the government out of the other side of its mouth will encourage people to shop and spend today, as an act of service for the nation.
Via / News One
While You Were Eating Turkey, The President Elect Speaks
10:27 am By Maegan La Mala · economy|Politics · Comments Off
28 Nov 2008Would it have been so bad for the President Elect to mention Indigenous People?
Black Friday or Buy Nothing Day?
8:26 am By Maegan La Mala · Activism|economy|Marketing|Money|Shopping · 4 Comments
28 Nov 2008
Growing up with a mom who worked in retail, the day after Thanksgiving meant watching my single mom wake up before the sun, before the crazy shoppers, to open up whatever store she worked in at an unholy hour. We never shopped for bargains because it was my mother’s job to make sure others could. Even today, as my mom approaches retirement age, she moved her tired body in the dark, towards the city of Manhattan to unlock doors and fill shopping bags. Black Friday gets no love from me.
My sister and I celebrated Buy Nothing Day before it was even officially a day.
Hola!
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