‘CP Time’

Another take on ‘CP Time’

For those not familiar with ‘CP’ it is phrase used in the Black Community to describe Black Folks aka Colored Folks’ that are tardy, late and never punctual nor on time for anything from meetings to business appointments etc etc

In some circles it is a negative slur and derogatory depending on the situation and importance of an event 

What is frequently never understood about ‘CP Time’ is its origins allow me to inform and educate 

Years ago I met a couple of Black Historians while I was working on a project to locate and identify‘Lynching Trees’ during my research and interviews about lynching trees two of the Historians made a joke about ‘CP Time ‘ and Lynching 

One way a Slave could be defiant and pushback on their Slave Master was too deliberately be late, slow, tardy , when tasks were do on the plantation or the Slave Master needed something important to be done or a task that required punctuality 

The Slave would then engage in ‘CP Time’ including making his task be extremely important and the Slave’s entry was also important and dramatic as well making a dramatic entrance or appearance that pissed of the Slave Master who now was at the mercy of the Slave 

Greg/BLM