Informative Essay On Black Friday
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Black Friday is a ritual that takes place on the Friday after Thanksgiving, this day has had significance since the start of the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade in 1924, though I’m not here to talk about its history, but its oddly harmful nature. I’m not the type of person to make fun of consumerism but I find it to be difficult when Black Friday is brought up as it is the only ritual that makes me forget that we are supposed to be living in a more refined society. As far as the Black Friday death toll has gone there have only been seven reported deaths that were caused by the ritual and they range from people falling asleep while driving home due to fatigue and subsequently dying in the ensuing car wreck, to the ever infamous Walmart employee being