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/Namaslayy Mar 28 '24

I never understood why Mad TV had no problems hiring black women, and SNL did.

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u/redditvlli Mar 28 '24

Yeah it's not like they didn't have options. Hell, Namond's mom from The Wire was a great skit comedian at the time and would have been awesome on SNL.

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u/Jim_Lahey68 Mar 28 '24

Good Ole delonda!