VIDEO: SNL’s ‘Number One Slave Draft Pick’ Sketch Offends Obama’s Former Black Vote Outreach Director
A sketch on Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update” news parody show has offended many who consequently took to Twitter to register their complaints. Stefanie Brown was particularly offended – she was in charge of turning out black voters for Obama, as the National African-American Vote Director in 2012.
She was far from the only one, however:
This is a problem. Pls watch this slave joke segment from #snl & discuss http://t.co/8BxXxH8sNg @ReaganGomez @suey_park @FeministaJones
— mary pryor (@msmarypryor) May 4, 2014
I have to admit, I don’t usually join the racist outrage train, but those jokes even made me uncomfortable! So is it much ado about nothing, or is the offense appropriate? Let me know in the comments.