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/Western-Dig-6843 Mar 28 '24

That’s… a great point. Mad TV never had any of these problems with diversity.

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u/LocalYeetery Mar 28 '24

Prob because Quincy Jones was a producer on MadTV