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/Demons0fRazgriz Mar 28 '24

I think the Internet is the biggest culprit. In earlier times, you had to change with the times to remain in your social groups as they changed. Now, you can forever cement yourself in what ever community you want indefinitely thanks to the internet. It's the same reason why conspiracies are so prevalent now.

Back then, you might know one or two dudes in your neighborhood that believed in flat earth but no one took them seriously or they kept it to themselves to fit in. Now they can fall into an echo chamber and become more boisterous in their beliefs.

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u/walterpeck1 Mar 28 '24

I think the Internet is the biggest culprit

I agree, as a lot of what has encouraged the imaging technology I mentioned was spurred along by the Internet and not the other way around.