When Celebs Make Really Odd Comments - Erykah Badu

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maeby — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:47:15 GMT

lol i thought it was funny

re: When Celebs Make Really Odd Comments - Erykah Badu

Whattheeff — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:24:52 GMT

I'm a non-white person and I can tell you that Ms. Badu's comments are in no way representative of how the majority of non-white people behave with regards to time. The idea of "CP time" is more of a widely accepted stereotype (at worst) or joke (at best). Being prompt is a matter of good manners. It has nothing to do with you being "colored." I wish she would stop peddling this crazy sh*t all over the place and just grow up. She's a mess.

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Grobianus — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:41:43 GMT

About her time comment, it's actually something that Marshal McLuhan makes reference to. Western Europeans, especially the 'highly literate' perceive time as uniform, segmented, linear, contiguous. For those from non western cultures, especial those with a strong oral tradition, time if more flexible and fluid. You think in terms of "7ish", rather than "7 PM sharp". In fact when the shift first occurred in Western culture, promptness was considered bad form, and middle class. It was the quality of shop keepers, for whom 'time is money' and not of the leisure classes and aristocrats.

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Grobianus — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:36:17 GMT

She makes a lot more sense than 'conspiracy girl' Alicia Keys.

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Sassy Smith — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:59:14 GMT

Court - nope never heard of "CP time." But her comments about wishing some girl from grade 5, dead is weirder than the time comment and hitting her pregnant sister? She's a bit off her rocker perhaps?

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Cassie — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:33:20 GMT

Racist, but she looks like a white girl. She is one of those dumb people that thinks talking like your paranoid schizophrenic mkaes you look deep. Like that little twig woudld hit anyone. I bet her sister could snap her butt in half.

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Court — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:32:56 GMT

Don't know if this is inappropriate, but haven't you heard of CP time . . . which stands for colored people time? It's the concept that time is more of a white person thing (like she said) and that just "allowing things to happen" is more of the philosophy that African Americans, Native Americans, etc abide by. Being prompt (or early) is a cultural thing, not a universal characterstic.

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songsinblue — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:00:20 GMT

ummm...WEIRD!

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Rebecca — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:49:49 GMT

Ok, I am a little hard to shock but that made me *gasp* (and take the time to post a comment!

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Karen — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:21:57 GMT

Wow. I like her music but she sounds like a bitter pill.