Thanksgiving and Black Friday

I basically had a typical “Americanized” thanksgiving. I ate food with my family I watched the parade in the morning with my sisters I spent time with my boyfriend and his family and there was nothing really out of the ordinary. I didn’t really bring up the topic of genocide at dinner and the only reason I brought it up was to say “Andy told me to mention how thanksgiving is a genocide so I thought I’d mention it to you, but I don’t really feel the need to spend time talking about it.” I just honestly didn’t think that it was something that needed to be brought up in the middle of a family dinner. I understand that it was something horrible that happened and it should be acknowledged, but I don’t feel like the middle of thanksgiving dinner is an appropriate time to talk about it. People our right in saying that thanksgiving is a day in which we celebrate the pilgrims coming together in “our new America” and breaking bread with the Indians, but it has been taken and molded into a new, more Americanized holiday that revolves around people spending time with their family and eating a lot. No one ever really thinks about genocide or really wants to think about something that depressing on Thanksgiving.
As for Black Friday, I went shopping with my boyfriend like normal. We weren’t rushing for sales, shoving people, scavenging for low prices or any of that. It was just 2 people going out shopping with each other making fun of each other, other people and spending time together. I really don’t think that shopping on Black Friday is such a problem. I don’t think it has to do with anger or being unable to share emotions. I just think it’s a natural thing that people do in typical AWOLs that can get out of hand when people become greedy. If certain people want to throw the whole capitalism thing into it, Black Friday can help in terms of leading us out of a resection and boost the economy at least a little bit.