Why.. Why.. !!

[Scrumpy]

Do we get a BLACK FRIDAY... What's all THAT about..!!

Why can't we have a WHITE TUESDAY.. !!

We don't even get a WHITE CHRISTMAS anymore..  ( not down here in the south )

Something has gone wrong with this country.. and I don't like it..

[klondike]

I looked it up. Google has a lot of answers but this one fits the shopping usage (which started in the US)

Why did they call it Black Friday?
Why Is It Called Black Friday? | Britannica
It is believed by many that the term Black Friday derives from the concept that businesses operate at a financial loss, or are "in the red," until the day after Thanksgiving, when massive sales finally allow them to turn a profit, or put them "in the black."

[Ruthio]

That's  so interesting,  I wondered too!
I expect some mumptie will call it racist very soon!!!

[klondike]

The name predates the concept of racism it has been used for several things before this - check google. 

[JBR]

That's  so interesting,  I wondered too!
I expect some mumptie will call it racist very soon!!!

Absolutely.
I can foresee the day when someone will produce a (compulsory) dictionary of words considered 'offensive'.

[klondike]

One was produced but it was banned and the author is now in jail for 2 years.

[Raven]

IMO, Things that are being said are not offensive, it's a state of mind that an attention seeking person chooses to be in. It's all codswallop. 

[klondike]

Is   an incitement to violence?

[Scrumpy]

Why can't we just have a SALE.. or... BARGAINS !!!!
We have lived with those words for years..... 
Why do we have to say BLACK FRIDAY.!!
We are not Americans.. 

[dextrous63]

Do we get a BLACK FRIDAY... What's all THAT about..!!

Black Fridays Matter.

[klondike]

[Alex]

One was produced but it was banned and the author is now in jail for 2 years.

That wouldn't surprise me IF it was true   

[dextrous63]

That wouldn't surprise me IF it was true   

There probably is one out there somewhere, printed in oppressed and supremacist.😉

[Mups]

I thought we'd had a Black Friday back in the spring?  Is this the second one?
Surely it can't have been a year ago we last had one, was it? 

I agree with Scrumpy,  its a daft name.   Why do we have to always copy America!

[Scrumpy]

They seem to have replace the word SALE  with BLACK FRIDAY...
Boots had a Black Friday last Tuesday..

Where has the word  BARGAINS gone..?