Black Friday is Racist??

The retail holiday shopping season is rapidly approaching with Thanksgiving right around the corner.  Traditionally, the Friday after Thanksgiving markes the first official day of the shopping frenzy.  And traditionally, that day has been known as “Black Friday.”

I’ve heard stories of people being offended by the day being referred to as Black Friday, somehow associating it with a racial slur.  Perhaps people don’t understand where the term Black Friday comes from.  You see, the color reference in the term Black Friday has absolutely nothing to do with race at all.  It is a reference to the color ink used by an accountant to reflect a positive number when maintaining a company’s financial records.

When a company receives money, the amount is written in the company’s “books” in black ink.  When a company spends money, the amount is written in red ink.  If a company makes more money in a year than it spends, the final balance at the end of the year is black… a GOOD thing.  If the company spends or loses more money in a year than it earns, then the balance at the end of the year is red… a BAD thing.

Black Friday is called Black Friday, because many retailers earn most of their profits in the holiday season and Black Friday is the biggest shopping day of the year.  This term is symbolic of success, hard work, and profitability.  How in the hell did it get associated with skin color and racism?

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