Emmet Ryan: Listen to Chuck D when it comes to Black Friday

Emmet Ryan is channeling his inner Public Enemy as the annual hypefest gets ready to dominate Irish inboxes and social feeds

Retailers gear up for Black Friday Pic: Getty

It's not and really never has been about us not being American. That's far too harsh a comment to make on our cousins across the pond. For them, the excess and nonsense ofBlack Friday is almost passé.

Back on Black Friday in 2011, while waiting for a fantastic doubleheader of college basketball in Madison Square Garden, this corner strolled the streets of Manhattan where every store was trying to create a party atmosphere ...