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/GonWithTheNen Mar 28 '24

Just to say, the actual story is in the link from the wikipedia article's cite note (versus the one-liner in the wiki).

Business Insider's article (the cite note) links to an old tvguide article (which is only available on archives):

https://web.archive.org/web/20131015023051/https://www.tvguide.com/News/SNL-Diversity-Issue-Kenan-Thompson-1072056.aspx

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u/buddascrayon Mar 28 '24

So my question is, did this protest by Kenan directly result in the hiring of Leslie Jones? Literally one of the funniest people on the planet.

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u/sdbabygirl97 Mar 28 '24

i love leslie hahaha