Watch Barack Obama Joke About Black People Being Late
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio are taking varying levels of heat over a joke they made during a scripted skit at a roast-style event for local members of the press. The joke involved wordplay around the expression “CP Time,” which is a reference to the stereotype that black people are prone to tardiness. The abbreviation stands for “Colored People Time,” but the punchline to the joke, delivered by Hillary Clinton, was a switch to “Cautious Politician Time.”
"COLORED PEOPLES TIME": Watch BARACK OBAMA Joke About BLACK PEOPLE Being LATE!!
"I want to apologize for being a little bit
late. But, you guys keep on asking
whether I’m black enough. (laughter)
Uh-huh! That’s right! So, I figured
I’d stroll in about ten minutes after
the deadline. (laughs)
I’ve been holding that in my pocket
for awhile.
Context is everything, though, as evidenced by this clip of then-Senator Barack Obama addressing a group of black journalists in 2007, in which
he nails the same theme and the crowd eats it up.
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