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'The Daily Show' Has Tips on How to Survive Black Friday When You're Black

Noting several instances of&nbsp;highly publicized racial profiling&nbsp;in recent weeks,&nbsp;<em>Daily Show</em>&nbsp;correspondent Jessica Williams offered up some&nbsp;<em>real</em>&nbsp;shopping tips: how to go shopping on Black Friday when you&#39;re black.

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It's a blessed time of year, when "we all give thanks for our families and our health and prepare to beat the shit out of people to go in recent weeks, correspondent Jessica Williams (who would be a , should the time come) offered up some last night: how to go shopping on Black Friday when you're black. 

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