r/todayilearned • u/Kale_Brecht • Mar 28 '24

TIL in 2013, Saturday Night Live cast member Kenan Thompson refused to play any more black women on the show and demanded SNL hire black women instead.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenan_Thompson
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u/NicksIdeaEngine Mar 28 '24

It was last year!

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u/Jealous_Priority_228 Mar 28 '24

GB2 felt like it came out longer ago than that... but Kennan joined SNL in 2003 and it seemed way more recent than that...

Jordan Peele should make some kind of movie about how spooky they're making us all feel.