Last year, “Saturday Night Live” hired newcomer Sasheer Zamata as a featured player (as well as Leslie Jones as a writer), increasing the number of black women on staff from zero to two. This is the first time in the 40-year history of “SNL” that there has been more than one black woman on the staff. This is one of the first skits in the new and diverse era, and I love that they were able to do it — finally.
Here’s to “SNL” finally getting to a place where they actually have enough cast members to even make the joke that Black History Month might not be enough, considering reasons 2-28.
