Friday, February 11, 2011

Alaysia- Assignment 3 (CP Time)

I was talking to my sister about this class and she found a lot of interest in it. I explained to her about how last class we were talking about different stereotypes and how it related to Marger. She then asked me "have you talked about CP Time?" and I answered no. So I would like to share with you all what CP time is, if you haven't been informed. The "cp" in CP time stands for colored people; a saying that I grew up with. Unfortunately, I believe that this stereotype is correct. I do feel that black people tend to be late, or on CP time. She asked me why I thought that black people was always late and I responded by saying, they had to wait hundreds of years for the white man to let them have their freedom. Now it's their turn for people to wait on them.

I always joke around with my sister about that because she can never be on time. Our conversations would go something like this:
Me: "Where are you?"
Sis: "At the store."
Me: "I'm hungry, how long are you going to be?"
Sis: "I just got in the car, I'll be home in ten minutes."- so at this point, she's still in the store, barely done with grocery shopping.
Me: "What do you mean ten minutes."
Sis: "Exactly what I said."
Me: "Okay, where are you on the road."
Sis: "Don't worry about it. I'll be home soon." -so when she says this, she means an hour.

I deal with this kind of stuff on the daily. It's sad because I'm use to it and I shouldn't be.

1 comment:

  1. Do you think that "CP time" as you call it, could actually be a form of resistance to racial oppression? Just some food for thought? What do we all think?

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