"I'll have a mocha latte with whip cream on top in a blue cup.
And don't spill any."
"Does anybody else want coffee?"
Posted on 04/11/2016 3:41:31 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
At the same annual event where former mayor Rudy Giuliani famously dressed in drag, things got awkwardly racial
For the uninitiated CPT is an acronym for colored people time, an old stereotype African-Americans have employed in jest amongst each other to excuse tardiness. Unfortunately, I found out on Monday that the shorthand CPT is no longer just an inside joke, but such a commonplace referral that even Hillary Clinton and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio are publicly joking about the term.
At a charity event Sunday night, the Democratic presidential candidate apparently decided her campaign had successfully brushed aside accusations of tone-deafness on racial issues and the controversy surrounding her husband’s response to Black Lives Matter protesters far enough that an otherwise cringeworthy joke about CPT would somehow come across as funny.
The Inner Circle is a parody group made up of political reporters and at their annual charity event Sunday night, a tradition dating back to 1923, New York City’s mayor delved into a bit of rap on stage with the help of hip-hop radio DJs (“I make Bernie Sanders look like Trump,” the mayor rapped. “I’m down with Sandinistas and The Donald’s a chump”) and Clinton, again, made light of her troubles getting on the city’s subways.
“Do me a favor,” Clinton said to de Blasio. “Will you just fix these MetroCard slots? It took me like five swipes.”
While the majority of the night’s comedy came from the comedy group’s “Shamilton” skit, one of Clinton’s jokes fell particularly flat.
When the former New York senator needled de Blasio for taking his time in endorsing her, the progressive mayor responded, “Sorry Hillary, I was running on C.P. time.” At that point, Leslie Odom Jr., an African-American actor who plays Aaron Burr in the hit musical “Hamilton,” turned to the two politicians to interject.
“I don’t like jokes like that, Bill.”
“Cautious politician time,” Clinton awkwardly offered.
“Ah! ok,” Odom, who was a part of the bit, replied.
Watch the awkwardness below:
(VIDEO-AT-LINK)
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Democrats have never had problems using perjorative terms for black people.
I live a sheltered life. I had never heard of CPT
Like I mentioned in another thread about this story, ones like Hillary and de Blasio could boast about going to minstrel shows and listening to Al Jolson and still nothing would be done or said about it among the talking classes.
"I'll have a mocha latte with whip cream on top in a blue cup.
And don't spill any."
"Does anybody else want coffee?"
Guess Johnny Depp should play MLK
No, no, there was recent story citing the ad looking for new actors for ‘Hamilton’.......and looking ONLY for minority actors. I wonder if anyone sued for the obvious anti-white discrimination.
Well I guess my excuse “Maui Time” for every time I’m late is RACIST!
Hillary - she “ain’t no ways tarred...”
The only white actor is crazy King George.
The only white actor is crazy King George.
It’s funny, blacks have CPT, Mexicans have “Mañana time” for excusing lateness; can’t think of a white euphemism...oh yeah, it’s called “your fired”!
This should be on the front page of every paper.
I wish Trump would start showing this to the folks uptown. They can see how these Pols talk about them in public. One has to wonder what they think in private.
I’ve heard it called a couple of other things. Neither of which I will write because they were pretty nasty.
We always joked about people coming late to church as being on Christian Standard Time.
Imagine if Ted Cruz, Rush Limbaugh or Bush said this.
The phrase or acronym has been referenced numerous times in various types of media, including the films Bamboozled, Undercover Brother, Let's Do It Again, House Party and several television series: The Mindy Project, Prison Break, The Boondocks, The Wire, Weeds, Where My Dogs At?, Reno 911, 30 Rock, Everybody Hates Chris, The PJs, Bridezillas, Mad TV and Cedric the Entertainer Presents, Empire, and reality series The Real Housewives of Atlanta. In the Black Jeopardy sketch aired during the March 29, 2014 episode of Saturday Night Live, host Alex Treblack (Kenan Thompson) says upon the sound of the final bell, "As usual, we started late."
Can you imagine the reaction if a Republican had taken part in this?
It’s also a campaign commercial waiting to happen.
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