diversity

​Suddenly SNL Can't Stop Hiring Black Women

Lacey Donohue · 01/08/14 03:07PM

It looks like Saturday Night Live executive producer Lorne Michaels is finally ready for this whole diversity business, as it was announced Wednesday that two black women will be added to the show's writers' room.

Kenan Thompson Thinks Black Women Aren't Funny Enough for SNL

Beejoli Shah · 10/15/13 03:17PM

Two point nine percent. In 38 years, a mere 2.9% of Saturday Night Live's cast has been both female and black. But according to a man who played Pierre Escargot on national television for half a decade, the reason Saturday Night Live has no black women on air is because black women aren't good enough to be on SNL.