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“It was clearly a staged show. It was a scripted show and the whole idea was to do the counter intuitive and say ‘cautious politician time,’” he said.

I don’t think people missed the point at all.

It was pretty straightforward to me: Clinton and de Blasio were making fun of Black people being late and stereotypically lazy.

Maybe they weren’t thinking clearly; maybe they actually thought it was funny and would not be offensive. And perhaps they are both a bit racially tone deaf.

The ill-advised joke came just a few days after former President Bill Clinton publicly scolded young Black protestors in Philadelphia who were criticizing Hillary Clinton, then first lady, for using the term “super predators” during a 1996 speech about violent crime.

“You are defending the people who killed the lives you say matter,” the former president told protesters while wagging his finger.

It wasn’t so much what he said, but how he said it: In a stern professorial, condescending tone.

So now, days after Bill Clinton chides Black protestors, his wife, Hillary, who running for president, stands on stage in New York and participates in a racially-charged skit.

But not all Black folks are offended.

Bakari Sellers, a CNN contributor and Clinton supporter, described the uproar as “much ado about nothing.”

“We are not worried about jokes that may not be funny,” said Sellers, who is Black. “This is not a big deal.”

It may not be a big deal in the long run, but it’s certainly not a good look today.

(Photo:Bill de Blasio Instagram)

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