2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWtF! Mayor Bill de Blasio jokes about ‘colored people’ time with Hillary Clinton
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Mayor Bill de Blasio joked on Friday night at an event with Hillary Clinton that the reason he didnt endorse her sooner was because he operates on CP time, which is short for colored people time:
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Video here from Gothamist. The joke happens at the 8:55 mark and appears to have fallen flat with the audience. Hillary Clinton finishes the joke by saying CP time really means cautious politician time. Nice try at a save Hillary, but no:
http://twitchy.com/2016/04/10/mayor-bill-de-blasio-jokes-about-colored-people-time-with-hillary-clinton/
Jitter65
(3,089 posts)probably use affectionately.
Armstead
(47,803 posts)I guess the definition of racism shifts with the name of the candidate.
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)It is inappropriate for white people to say what POC say to each other that POC take as affectionate teasing. It looked awkward.
DefenseLawyer
(11,101 posts)It wasn't an off the cuff moment. If Bernie had been the one on the stage people would be losing their minds.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)grasswire
(50,130 posts)...and yet Hillaryans are trying to use his wonderful family as a defense against this stupid and racist joke he was apparently dragged into.
This is Hillarys 47% gaffe.
m-lekktor
(3,675 posts)what in FUCK is WRONG with you?
JudyM
(29,274 posts)Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)Get a fucking grip...
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)there are things you can say in private with family and close friends and stuff you can say in public -most of us have the sense to know the difference
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)to call our mayor a racist.
LexVegas
(6,094 posts)dcbuckeye
(79 posts)It was the mayor. Nice try, though.
Armstead
(47,803 posts)snagglepuss
(12,704 posts)JudyM
(29,274 posts)"Oh, CP time really meant something else that I shouldn't be upset about."
Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)And to think some people consider her to be qualified...
grasswire
(50,130 posts)..is the acceptance here on DU of the "joke" by Hillary supporters.
A new low.
Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)Bill's #BLM horrorshow, this nonsense from de Blasio, etc...don't they realize they still need AA voters in NY and CA?
grasswire
(50,130 posts)..that the Clintons are now signaling white voters with racist tendencies that they should come on board the Hillary train.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)tammywammy
(26,582 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)And they have had that conversation with their son. I have heard this same joke from local PoC. It is not politically expedient, I will grant you this. But especially the local PoC of a certain age, that be 30 and bellow, don't particularly like the Clintons. And that expression is common among them.
snagglepuss
(12,704 posts)private, that's up to them but it's not cool to do so in public.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)That was a weird little joke, but why lie and make it worse?
Jester Messiah
(4,711 posts)Alternatively, "the South already voted, so whatever."
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)It would turn out brilliantly.
demmiblue
(36,885 posts)blm
(113,091 posts)across the country would mostly be unaware that DeBlasio and his family SHARE this JOKE that is commonly made in the black community.
What's with the overthetop 'outrage'?
4139
(1,893 posts)BernieforPres2016
(3,017 posts)But given that the latest from the Hillary camp appears to be to pretend Bernie saying he has serious questions about Hillary's judgment based on her past positions and voting record is somehow sexist, I'm going to have to say that this skit was racist.
I'm not sure what idiot thought 2 white people yucking it up about CP time would be good for a laugh. Particularly when Bill Clinton was known for never being on time for anything.
QC
(26,371 posts)At least it shows that the man has done some reading.