{"id":47156,"date":"2017-12-01T10:47:21","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T16:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/?p=47156"},"modified":"2025-05-07T12:27:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T18:27:36","slug":"black-friday-affects-searcy-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/?p=47156","title":{"rendered":"Black Friday affects the city of Searcy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Searcy, Ark., LP \u2014 For a number of years now, Americans have enjoyed the company of family and the mounds of food on Thanksgiving day; the day before U.S. citizens pour into stores and flood the aisles, pushing and pulling their way to the best deals at that time. \u00a0To Americans, this war zone is known as \u201cBlack Friday.\u201d \u00a0According to Sarah Pruitt<\/a>, the original term was not of a joyous concept. \u00a0Black Friday was actually a name that was given to the 1869 U.S. Gold market crash; two wall street financiers worked together to buy and sell the nation\u2019s gold for unreasonably high prices and had their plan unravelled, which lead to the stock market\u2019s downfall and to the bankruptcy of every wall street baron. \u00a0In the 1950s, Philadelphia cops used the term \u201cBlack Friday,\u201d to describe the mass of shoppers that would crowd the city the day after Thanksgiving for the Saturday football game. \u00a0The cops used the term negatively, due to the chaos that ensued on those Fridays, and because they weren\u2019t allowed to take off during that time. \u00a01961 was when the term really hit Philadelphia, to the extent that shoppers were using it. \u00a0Retailers unsuccessfully tried to redirect the name and change it to a more positive one; \u201cBig Friday.\u201d \u00a0Sometime in the late 1980s, retailers came up with a way to positively keep the name \u201cBlack Friday.\u201d \u00a0Since then, the Friday after Thanksgiving has been called \u201cBlack Friday,\u201d to\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>represent the day that stores make a profit.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Shoppers at Walmart in Searcy, lining up for Black Friday deals.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Some people do not go out on Black Friday, due to incidents that may occur. \u00a0Maddie Cossitt, a local shopper, explained her situation this year, but said that fortunately what happened would not keep her from going in the years to come. \u00a0\u201cThis past Friday was crazy; one lady kept hitting me with her buggy and someone else took my buggy. \u00a0The lines were long and many people were rude, but it wasn\u2019t enough to keep me from not going in the future.\u201d \u00a0A lot of people do not attend the sales due to traffic and the problems that people can cause when trying to get a product that they want first. \u00a0JL Tillett, a local police officer, doesn\u2019t believe that Black Friday is the reason for crime, but it can be the environment in which incidents arise. \u00a0\u201cAnytime we have a crowd of people, all hoping to get a bargain on an item that is limited in stock, there is a chance for tempers to flare.\u201d \u00a0He continued to explain that most violent crimes that occur the week of Black Friday aren\u2019t heard of in Searcy. \u00a0\u201cThe biggest issue that comes with Black Friday in Searcy is the increased volume of traffic and potential for accidents.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Survey results of SHS students.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 According to a survey taken of Searcy High School students, 42.1% of people believe that Black Friday is a beneficial event.\u00a0 Twenty-six point three percent of students believe that the event is not helpful to society. \u00a0Maddie Cossitt believes that Black Friday is a good event despite the incidents that may occur. \u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s good for the companies, the economy, and who doesn\u2019t like awesome deals?\u201d \u00a0Though some people may use sales events like Black Friday as a way to harm, steal, or commit other crimes, a lot of people use the event positively and would not like the benefit of having it, taken from them. \u00a0SHS had 31.6% of students say that they would vote for Black Friday if it was put on trial to keep or dispose of it, and only 5.3% said they would vote against keeping the event.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Overall, it is safe to say that Americans enjoy their sales. \u00a0Whether or not Black Friday is beneficial to society, the sales event is thought of in a positive manner as of right now. \u00a0If you go out in the years to come, remember to drive safe, shop smart, and don\u2019t forget to spend time with your family and friends. \u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Searcy, Ark., LP \u2014 For a number of years now, Americans have enjoyed the company of family and the mounds of food on Thanksgiving day; the day before U.S. citizens pour into stores and flood the aisles, pushing and pulling their way to the best deals at that time. \u00a0To […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,53,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-about","category-community","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/129"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47156"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47197,"href":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47156\/revisions\/47197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}