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Description:
Colored People's Time
,
CP Time
, or
CPT
, is an American expression referring to a
stereotype
of
African Americans
and
Hispanics
as frequently being late.
In media
The phrase has been referenced numerous times in various types of media, including the films
Bamboozled
,
Undercover Brother
,
Let's Do It Again
,
House Party
and the television series'
The Boondocks
,
The Wire
,
Where My Dogs At?
,
Reno 911
,
30 Rock
,
Everybody Hates Chris
,
The PJs
, Bridezillas,
Mad TV
and
Cedric the Entertainer Presents
. There was also a 1960s public interest program produced by
Detroit Public Television
with the name
Colored People's Time
, as well as a 1980s play written by Leslie Lee which consisted of 13 vignettes of African American history from the Civil War through the Montgomery bus riots. (ISBN 0-573-61894-1). In
The Wire
S03E08, when a girl asked
Marlo Stanfield
when he wants to meet, Marlo responded, "Five. And five mean five. I don't truck CP time. Five and change; I'm gone." There was also a mention of "CPT" in the television series "
Prison Break
" by the character
Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell
.
In literature
The phrase may be found in the following literary texts:
Langston Hughes
's poem "Dancer" in
Montage of a Dream Deferred
: "Even a great dancer can't C.P.T. a show."
Toni Morrison
's novel
Jazz
: "CPT! Surprise me for once, Joe Trace." - Sheila says, commenting on Joe's late arrival.
Nella Larsen
's novel......
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