CPT, or “colored people’s time” is a term used to describe a temporal anomaly, were people exclusive of whites exhibit a tendency to maintain an alternate schedule or timeline. In general CPT refers to a window of 15 minutes to an hour, but can extend to days, weeks, months, or even sometimes, a complete lack of presence.
This reservation for Jamal Jackson party of eight is thirty minutes late. Should we give their table away? Nah, I’m sure they’ll show up. They’re just on CPT.
by Jackson Deepwood August 15, 2021