Posted on 04/11/2016 9:01:17 AM PDT by Kaslin
It’s only racist if Republicans do it; that’s seems to be the ethos of the political left and that of the Democratic Party. This was showcased yet again, albeit painfully, during the awkward moment when New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio joked about how his late endorsement of Hillary Clinton was on “CP” time during the Inner Circle’s annual musical at the New York Hilton Hotel over the weekend.
According to their description on Facebook, The Inner Circle was founded in the early 1920s, which allowed members of the media to poke fun at politics and “hold up a mirror to New York's political elite.” Past mayoral appearances include Michael Bloomberg dressing as a hippie, while Rudy Giuliani showed up in drag. It’s a charity event that saw a guest appearance from Hillary Clinton that led to this rather awkward exchange.
Leslie Odum, Jr. of the Broadway musical “Hamilton” was on stage performing the Inner Circle’s rendition of “Shamilton,” when De Blasio came front and center and, uh, started rapping about his love for New York:
Mayor Bill de Blasio Performing in the 2016 Inner Circle.
"I love this city and that's a fact," the mayor rapped. "But it's like shark week when you reporters attack. I know you're doing your job, so let me do mine. 'Cause I'm BDB, and this is my rhyme."
I’ll let you watch the rest of this painful act, but around 7:55 – Hillary appears on stage with Odum and De Blasio. At 8:55 comes the awkward colored people’s time remark.
“I just have to say thanks for the endorsement, Bill,” said Clinton. “Took you long enough,” she continued.
“Sorry Hillary, I was running on CP time,” replied De Blasio, which did not elicit much laughter from the crowd.
“That’s not—I don’t like jokes like that, Bill,” said Odum. Clinton said he was talking about “cautious politician time.” The thing is we all know he wasn’t–and it was a stupid joke, especially for someone who is part of the left wing, political correctness charge that’s ruining college and comedy. Yes, Mr. Mayor we all know you have a black wife; a) that doesn’t make you a member of the African American community b) that doesn’t mean you can culturally appropriate the jokes about her culture and race as if they’re your own. Sorry, I’m just going by the progressive playbook on these rules and regulations. Could you imagine the uproar if a Republican had made a similar comment, albeit in jest, at a charity event? There would wall-to-wall media coverage. So, it appears that making politically incorrect, or other racially charged, remarks are just fine, as long as you’re a Democrat, or if you’re “down with the Sandinistas,” in which we have no doubts, Mr. De Blasio.
(H/T Twitchy)
It’s OK when liberals do this, because they are so generous with other people’s tax money.
It’s okay for them since they’re on the side of the black folks. Right?
I used to use it in some race discrimination cases where job performance was an issue by asking in depositions if the plaintiff had ever heard of "CPT". If they said yes, then I'd ask them to define it, get their thoughts, etc.. Always kind of fun because defense counsel would be looking on in horror....
translation, please?
If Trump had said that...
you know the rest.
I learn something new everyday.
How did she get Kim Jong un’s fashion designer out of North Korea?
I kind of hate to perpetuate stereotypes, but I was really struck about how this concept wasn't widely known except by blacks. Maybe it is a regional thing, I don't know. Maybe you can google it.
So I have to accept being called racist and privileged White, while this marxist rakes in millions and gets worshipped by the left for taking money from those who earn it and giving it to those who don’t.
He meant it that way. Do a google search: “on CP time”
you’ll see that it doesn’t mean “cautious politician time.”
No surprise. Demorata are racist. And black Demorats are the most racist.
#9 ~ “CPT” means “Colored People Time”. It is apparently a phrase that arose from within the black community itself as a way of joking about how black people tend to be late to so many things. ~
So white people are racist for using a black term even if it is not offensive to blacks?
I’m Irish, - anytime you go to Ireland, don’t expect to be ‘on time’ - don’t be foolish enough to even have a schedule in mind. I’m not offended by this and would not be offended if anyone ever spoke of it... Weird.
J. Frank Dobie (1888-1964)was the folklorist from Texas for many years. In one of his many books he uses words that were accepted many years ago to describe this. I’m sure you can figure out the words. It isn’t about being late to an event. It is about slaves being given a task and making a minimal effort to accomplish the task in their own sweet time. They would work on it but would take much longer to accomplish than reasonably expected.
Oh yes, this does not surprise me. Democrats could go to minstrel shows these days or boast about their Al Jolson record collection and not a peep would be raised.
LOL! Nailed it.
They project their own faults onto others.
No, only if they're white and non-Democrats.
Well to be honest, I’m all in favor of slaves slaking off as much as they could possibly get away with — they certainly had ever moral right to do so.
Bttt
I worked for attorneys and used “attorney time” because so many of them were always late. Never heard of CPT, though.
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