Charleston, S.C. shool board member Sandi Engelman accomplished an amazing feat recently. She managed to talk on a local radio show with a foot firmly planted in her mouth.
Engelman, who is running for re-election had some comments to make about superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson, who is African American. In one of her criticisms, she railed against the superintendent for wasting school district money by having them pay for a flight she missed because, according to Engelman, Goodloe-Johnson was late and operated on “CPT”.
In case you don’t know, “CPT” stands for “Colored People Time”. This is based on the old stereotype that black people can’t be on time for anything.
Here’s the quote, in context:
“Let me tell you one quick thing before you go… It’s also from the flight to Chicago, the superintendent was on her usual ‘CPT,’ missed her flight, came in and booked a first-class flight for hubby, daughter and herself.”
Engelman says that she did not mean anything derogatory by this and says that people are misunderstanding what she said.
So, I’d be really interested in knowing what other way “CPT” is used in Charleston.
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