Mayor de Blasio, Hillary Clinton ripped for racist joke at Inner Circle show

[ForgoTheConsequence]

Source: New York Daily News

Mayor de Blasio and Hillary Clinton are drawing some backlash for a joke invoking a racial stereotype.

In a skit at Saturday night’s Inner Circle show, Clinton joined de Blasio on stage as a surprise guest and ribbed him for his long-delayed endorsement of her presidential campaign.

“Thanks for the endorsement. Took you long enough,” she said.

“Sorry, Hillary. I was running on C.P. time,” de Blasio replied, in a reference to the phrase “colored people time,” which comes from the stereotype that black people are frequently late.

“That's not — I don't like jokes like that, Bill,” said Hamilton star Leslie Odom Jr., who plays Aaron Burr in the hit production and also participated in the sketch at the annual charity show put on by the New York press corps to roast the mayor.

Clinton then stepped in to complete the brief gag with an assurance that her belated supporter meant, “Cautious Politician Time. I've been there.”



Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/mayor-de-blasio-hillary-clinton-ripped-racial-joke-article-1.2596977

[MADem]

1. Not sure why HILLARY is being blamed for a comment that BDB made. But typical that it would happen.

If she's within a mile of anything, she takes the blame.

[Depaysement]

2. Who's people wrote the sketch?

Duh.

[MADem]

70. De Blasio's. nt

[revbones]

87. Yeah - and even if that were true, you think Hillary's camp didn't approve??? nt

[Depaysement]

92. How do you know that? nt

[Else You Are Mad]

3. The problem is...

This was a scripted joke, so Hillary had to read the scripted joke beforehand and did not realize or didn't care how racist it was and let it be performed. This wasn't a spontaneous joke, and she should have known better.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

4. So there was another transcript...

[rpannier]

5. From the end of the article

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.

[appalachiablue]

13. You got it, absolutely. Oblivious and approving of blatant offensive racism, supposed

to be humorous? in THESE very serious, troubled times of escalating racism, violence, attacks, assaults and murders; arrests, Stop and Frisk and incarceration of blacks and PoC in the US for 20 years, to the level of millions who are sentenced and living behind bars for decades? A planned, scripted 'elite/insider' ha, ha charity 'joke and skit'? This is unbelievable...

[pangaia]

18. Exactly. Can you imagine if Bernie had been involved in something like that?

[MADem]

77. The problem is, there is no problem. It was a slightly lame joke and two out of the three

people on that stage came from a black family who understand the reference.

This attempt to smear Clinton though? Talk about OBVIOUS. If you don't think people see it for what it is, you aren't looking very hard at all.

[Else You Are Mad]

94. Keep telling yourself that if it makes you feel better. nt

[LanternWaste]

105. And you keep telling POC what they should and should not be offended by...

And you keep telling POC what they should and should not be offended by... if it makes you feel better


(six of one, half a dozen of the other-- and each as petulant as the other)

[Else You Are Mad]

106. You shouldn't make assumptions. nt

[CTyankee]

96. they both should have known better. why go there in the first place?

[morningfog]

12. It wasn't spontaneous. It was pre written and she gave the punch line.

[MADem]

14. The "I'm not comfortable" was pre-written, too? nt

[morningfog]

21. Duh. Yes. It was a bit that they were all in on.

[apcalc]

102. A non-racial punch line

[Bangbangdem]

48. I serously

Seriously doubt you would give Sanders a pass on this. And he would not have played along.

[Gman]

59. It's only a big deal to Sanders supporters

Nothing to see here.

[JesterCS]

100. Of course

But if it had been Obama vs hillary, the Obama supporters would be irate, with good reason. God knows The Crown Queen can do no wrong at all.......

[LanternWaste]

107. Much as the GOP called Obama the Messiah, I empathize with your need to call her Crown Queen.

Much as the GOP called Obama the Messiah, I empathize with your petulant desire to call her Crown Queen, we often resort to fifth-grade behavior when we have nothing substantive to add...

(there's a space provided free of charge below to insert a discretion lacking any relevant difference that you indeed, really do have something substantive to add-- we simply overlooked it)

[anigbrowl]

6. Oh no, someone on Twitter got offended

Lamar Odom is dead to me now...not.

[TM99]

10. Yeah, tell that AA

how he should feel about a racist comment.

Do y'all even think before you write some of the things I am reading today about this?

[anigbrowl]

37. I'm inclined to defer to Leslie Odom's judgment on this

seeing as how he saw fit to participate in this joint subversion of a racist trope.

[appalachiablue]

61. And Odom speaks for and represents who?

[anigbrowl]

64. Work it out for yourself

You don't get to frame my remarks to suit your debate agenda.

[appalachiablue]

66. You say you defer to the judgment of one person so it's logical to ask why.

No answer, that's fine and shows basis on limited personal taste.

[anigbrowl]

67. Except you didn't do that, but rather tried to reframe my reply

Sorry, your rhetorical tricks don't impress me. I don't consider you worthy of a more detailed explanation as your question is clearly insincere.

[appalachiablue]

72. My remarks are sincere I assure you. Your comments are taken for what they are,

nothing more, no reframing or tricks applied. You said you based your acceptance on one actor, that's all. And I believe it.

[MADem]

71. To say nothing of the fact that De Blasio goes home to an environment where

that sort of teasing might happen on a daily basis.

[appalachiablue]

74. What you said, 'in his home enviroment, teasing'. So That makes it ok

on a national stage at a public venue with a candidate running for President of the United States. How candid. Alrighty!

[MADem]

75. Now that I've seen the context, I have come to the conclusion that a bunch of "concerned white

people" who day-to-day do not give a single SHIT about black people in the slightest have made this a faux issue to plump up their candidate and tear down his opposition.

That's my conclusion.


Alrighty?

[appalachiablue]

81. Why only 'concerned white people', though nothing wrong with care for others by anyone. What makes

you think white people, or black, latino or Asian people do not know of and have close relationships with people of other backgrounds. It's quite common, more than many people, especially conservatives realize.

[MADem]

82. Because it's by and large white people who are telling me how I "must' feel about this.

And all of these "concerned white people" are Sanders supporters.

I got me a grain of salt the size of the Empire State Building.

[appalachiablue]

85. All Bernie people, here-- evil whites have the gall to tell you they disagree. My, my.

Nary a black, Asian or Hispanic Bernie supporter in the land. I see.

[George II]

7. Has anyone watched the annual Correspondents' Dinner sketches?

[rpannier]

9. TBH

I didn't know they had sketches

[George II]

11. Check this, starting at about 14:35

[rpannier]

15. That was hysterical

Started about 14:20 and watched dying-laughing at his anger translator Luther. Loved it when Luther said, "You don't need an anger translator, you need counseling." Then when Luther told Michelle, "He's crazy."

Absolutely awesome. Almost as funny as Colbert's spoofing of Dumbya.

Thanks for sharing. I could watch that last bit a thousand times and never get bored with it.

[George II]

19. And that's the context in which DiBlasio and Clinton "performed" over the weekend. Black humor.

[rpannier]

24. I never said it was offense. I just learned they had that dinner

As I wrote in another post in this thread:

Leslie Odom Jr., an African-American actor who plays Aaron Burr in the hit musical “Hamilton,” was in on the act
It's not that uncommon a term in some form, though I've never heard it as CPT
I've heard it mostly used by Hispanics. 'Mexican Time' and 'Puerto Rican Time' were common phrases in NW Indiana. It was used by African Americans and the Slavic communities as well: Polish-Time, Croat Time, etc

I don't think it will resonate like others think it might.

My grandmother's family (all Irish) used the term Irish Time or they were late because of their 'Cork Clock' (They were all from Cork County, Ireland)

Their delivery may have been awkward, but compared to Obama almost every politician will look awkward trying to be funny. In the case of Bush, Dumbya is painful to watch, listen to - period. Same with Cruz

[George II]

27. It's a great character trait for us to learn to laugh at ourselves - I do it all the time...

....being a skinny old bald guy!

Sadly there's lots of faux outrage about this, many more things to be concerned about.

BTW, Obama has made jokes about Trump's hair at those dinners, called Boehner "John of Orange", etc.

The most tasteless jokes I've seen at any of those dinners was when bush was joking about looking for WMD when we had thousands of troops in Iraq. That was not good, or funny.

[appalachiablue]

62. Tell That to the millions of Americans viewing the clip.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

17. Yeah it's different when privileged white people are making the jokes.

...

[George II]

20. Psssst....Bill DiBlasio's wife wasn't offended.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

22. There are plenty of people who are.

Check social media.

[MADem]

49. And they are all Bernie supporters who aren't from NYC. Oh, the Huge Manatee. nt

[appalachiablue]

28. Well alright, not...Does Mrs. de Blasio hold public office and is she running for POTUS?

[MADem]

47. LOL......

[appalachiablue]

50. Family affairs, should be kept in the family. Not for the public, especially when

deciding who will be leading the country. Love Sly, we partied with them after a great concert- Sly, Larry, Cynthia the horn player and the fun, rowdy British roadies.

[MADem]

51. His is the FIRST FAMILY OF NEW YORK CITY....get used to it. He's the MAYOR. nt

[appalachiablue]

54. I don't care if he's the King of Scotland, or the Duke of Parma. You get used to it.

[MADem]

73. Of course you don't care--and you don't know anything about him, obviously, either. nt

[appalachiablue]

76. I don't know anything about Bill de Blasio and his work and family? You keep

keep me in stitches with assumptions about the lives of the 'powerful'. Ooh, very important..

[MADem]

78. If you knew anything about him, you wouldn't be poutraging like you're doing right now. nt

[appalachiablue]

83. What isn't known by me about de Blasio that you want to dangle for intrique. Do tell

us, the uniformed. Pretty please, it must be awesome! Oops, or is it a secret?

[MADem]

84. You plainly don't understand that 2 of the 3 people on that stage are from black families. nt

[appalachiablue]

88. Oh gosh, two or three families on stage are black people! Well that settles it, they speak

for all "the blacks" as Scalia said-- in the US and world! Truly astounding...

[MADem]

89. No, there were individuals on that stage, not "families."

And those individuals have the right to speak from and for THEIR experience--and you have no input that matters to them.

[appalachiablue]

90. Even more amazing! A mere two or three people, from families, reflect the opinions

of millions of others. Incredible!

[ALBliberal]

60. Why would the race of his wife make any difference at all?

Even if we somehow give HRC a pass (not sure on that one) his part is inexcusable no matter the race of his wife.

[appalachiablue]

25. +10

[Surya Gayatri]

112. Damn, I'm going to miss this man...he's one hell of a brilliant President

and he can do standup like a pro. Best President in my lifetime.

Thanks for posting!

[George II]

113. That's just a sample of what he's done and said at those dinners, but someone wanted...

....to know if "skits" were performed at the dinner in addition to the usual stand up comedy and "roast".

I can sit and listen to him speak for hours, just as I used to enjoy watching and listening to Bill Clinton. They're both mesmerizing.

I used to think that Clinton was the best President of my lifetime (I've lived under Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, and bush), but that was until Obama was elected.

[Surya Gayatri]

114. You and me both, George. Truman was Pres. when I was born.

And, "I LIKE IKE" was the first campaign slogan I ever heard.
WJC was a great politician, but I have to admit that I prefer BHO as a man.

[rpannier]

8. Not sure that this will resonate as a serious issue or cause a lot of offense

Leslie Odom Jr., an African-American actor who plays Aaron Burr in the hit musical “Hamilton,” was in on the act
It's not that uncommon a term in some form, though I've never heard it as CPT
I've heard it mostly used by Hispanics. 'Mexican Time' and 'Puerto Rican Time' were common phrases in NW Indiana. It was used by African Americans and the Slavic communities as well: Polish-Time, Croat Time, etc

[MADem]

16. Well, that puts a different spin on the "outrage" entirely then.

But we're going to hear a lot of concern, I'm sure, from people who could give a shit about black folks normally, because De Blasio made a joke and HRC turned it into "cautious politician" as the upshot?

[rpannier]

26. My Irish Grandmother's family were either on

Irish Time or looked at their Cork Clocks when they were late
I support Sanders, but I just don't see this as having any real legs with the general public
The term is probably in almost every ethnic culture in America in some form

BTW: Nice looking dog. Is he/she yours or just a pic you found?

[MADem]

30. I have a dog that looks like that, but that's not my dog or my house in the background!!!

LOL @ Cork Clocks!!

For Persians it's called Teheran Time!!

In Italy, if you show up early (i.e. ON TIME) they think you're there to tell them someone died!

[geek tragedy]

23. Lol, I'm sure the evil racist Bill de Blasio will be her undoing here.

Bernie fans on Twitter are having quite a bit of umbrage, as usual.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

29. So what you're saying is "too bad if you're offended"?

Noted. Please carry on Hillary supporters....

[MADem]

31. I'll bet Bill DB's wife will give him the cold shoulder, eh? Ya think? Ya hope????? nt

[ForgoTheConsequence]

32. One politicians wife vs hundreds of people speaking out....

Please continue.

[appalachiablue]

33. "Bill de Blasio's wife thought it was OK." Where to Begin on that sad, lame justification...

[MADem]

36. Oh boy, now you're into the "put words in people's mouth" phase!

Stir that pot! Stir that pot!! RAH! RAH! RAH!

[appalachiablue]

41. The objections and disgust are warranted. Don't try to minimize or project,

it only makes what is honestly rotten much worse. People 'owned' it...in advance.

[MADem]

42. No, they aren't--and if you knew anything about BDB, you'd know this.

Cock a doodle doo....any excuse for poutrage will dooooooo!!!!

[appalachiablue]

44. Familair with de Blasio from way back, the NY days. Don't make me lose my late dinner.

[MADem]

34. Hundreds of "concerned Sanders supporters!" I will continue, thanks so much--to point out hypocrisy

when I see it, and your "touching concern" (cough) Horse shit!! (cough) takes the cake.

Who KNEW you were so concerned about clever little inside jokes, made by someone who comes from an environment where he's QUALIFIED to make them?

Is that clear enough for ya?

[ForgoTheConsequence]

39. What environment "qualifies" a white man to make racist jokes?

What an interesting comment, continue...

[MADem]

45. Why don't you google a few images of the De Blasio family and then come back and tell us

what you've learned?

[Plucketeer]

52. So....

if you MARRY a POC, you're immunized? You can say whatever you want without repercussion?

[ForgoTheConsequence]

57. That's what it sounds like.

Absolutely unbelievable. I didn't realize there was a loophole for racism if you marry someone who is non white. I guess someone should tell Ted Danson.

[Hestia]

98. Here's the thing, those millions you think are offended, have never heard that term before

I had no idea until it was pointed out, on the news of course, what it supposedly meant*. All this faux and pout-rages has got to stop. People can't constantly parse and nitpick each and every word that comes out someone's mouth and call these unknown things as white privilege or racist or some such nonsense. This is worse that denying Free Speech, it's chilling and Orwellian. Soon, no one is going to talk to anyone, which defeats the whole purpose.

Plus, all this talk about each other is turning our eyes away from the people who are doing the most damage. While we sit and argue, funding are being absconded from our Treasury and off-shored by a very privileged few.

*In my circles (pun intended), it's called Pagan Standard Time. It seems every group uses some form of it.

[geek tragedy]

35. When I see someone besides Bernie people expressing their

outrage, the answer may change.

[MADem]

38. They're so fucking obvious....!

I don't think most of them understand the nature of BDB's family, either...!

[geek tragedy]

40. One just told me BdB can't win re-election now nt

[MADem]

46. LOL!!!

There's so much they do not understand....

[geek tragedy]

53. Funny thing is everyone in NYC can guess where BdB

first heard that phrase.

[MADem]

79. But most of the BS fans here on DU still haven't figured it out....!!!! nt

[George II]

111. I've asked a few if they knew anything about DiBlasio's wife......crickets.

A very very small minority (no pun intended) of people who saw that short "skit" were offended, least of them were those who the self-righteously indignant claim should be offended.

[whereisjustice]

55. Why does Leslie Odom hate Hillary? lmfao at Team Clinton

Not sure what's more offensive, the joke or watching Team Hillary trying to polish a turd, after the fact.

[basselope]

56. Of all the things to attack Clinton for... can we NOT do it for things like this????

I think the poor performance was far worse than the joke.

Does anyone REALLY believe that EITHER Clinton or BdB are racist? I hope not, because neither of them are.

Let this type of stuff go and let's PLEASE stick to the real issues.

She voted for a war that got hundreds of thousands of people killed.
She supports free trade agreements that put millions of people out of work.
She's been paid millions of dollars to speak to Wall Street banks and REFUSES to tell us what she said.
She is not absolutely 100% pro choice.
She takes money from and has routinely served the interests of the 1%.

Let's stick to this and not some idiotic joke.

[XemaSab]

110. It's just another example of bad judgement

Did she think it was funny?

Did she think the audience would laugh?

Did she think it would help her popularity?

Even the part where she faux-chastizes BdB for being late to endorse her is like....

"You OWE me your endorsement. KISS THE RING!"

If my friend shows up with a birthday present a month late, I say "Thanks!" and not "Where the hell have you been with this?"

[ForgoTheConsequence]

58. NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, Hillary Clinton Make Cringeworthy Joke About ‘CP Time’

http://www.theroot.com/articles/news/2016/04/bill_de_blasio_hillary_clinton_make_cringe_worthy_joke_about_cp_time.html



The criticisms from black publications are rolling in. Not good for Hillary and Bill.

[draa]

65. Well now, that just can't be.

I have repeatedly read up thread where this was no big deal. None at all. Why in the world should black people be offended when there was a black man on stage (as if that matters). You know, racist jokes are a-ok as long as you have black friends.

No matter how Clinton slices this joke it was racist and no amount of spinning will change that.

[kwassa]

68. oh, bullshit.

Black people make this joke.

[draa]

80. True but as far as I can tell the two people who made the joke are white.

[Reter]

63. Bernie should capitalize on this to the max

The add should say "Hillary thinks it funny to joke about Colored People." Any black person that votes for her is mind boggling.

[kwassa]

69. which shows how little you know about their reasoning ....

go talk to a black person.

[Duckfan]

86. Paging the State Of New York!!!!

Are you paying attention to this?

[Lil Missy]

91. it must be a really slow news day

[mhatrw]

93. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!

Get it! Colored people are really slow, just as racially sensitive and humorously self-depreciating cautious politicians are! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!

[SansACause]

95. I've never heard of C.P. time

I'm white and grew up in Mississippi and I thought I had heard every slur and derogatory phrase about black people that had ever been created. This is a new one for me. Is that a NY regional thing?

[appalachiablue]

97. Not just New York. Heard it among black people but rarely in MD, DE, PA,VA, DC, etc.

[JesterCS]

101. It's used in Ohio too

Have heard variations. BlackTime, Ni**ertime, etc . All portraying en entire race of laziness, but it's ok for Queen Hillarian, she's above the law!

[treestar]

109. Me neither

I've heard it put as "Thai time" or the like, "Kenyan time" to reflect third world countries more expanded or casual view of time. The people saying it were of the culture and referring to it fondly.

Whereas Americans are seen as too picky about it.

Plus deBlasio could have got it from his family and thought it was funny to make it into Cautious Politician.

[pothos]

99. Clinton supporters will defend ANYTHING

if the shoe was on the other foot and Sanders did this, it would be front page news on the NY Times and people would be calling for him to drop out.

[salinsky]

103. Hahahahahaha ...

Overwhelmingly white supporters of the tone-deaf candidate telling us what is racist never gets old!

The concept of CP time is an AA construct.

It's not derogatory in any sense.

Thanks for lulz.

[itcfish]

108. This is Pure

Garbage! de Blasio is married to an African American lady and his children are black. So this is just an attempt to hurt Hillary