Did 'SNL' Go Beyond the Pale With Fauxbama? »
Posted by: KeithMcDuffee 6 months, 1 week agoWhen Barack Obama announced his candidacy for president last year, some observers questioned whether the senator from Illinois was "black enough" to embody the hopes and aspirations of African Americans.
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KLopez6 months, 1 week ago
No one mentions that a white actor was playing the Latino Jorge Ramos.
But I mean overall, the article makes a good point, "Nobody much cared about Armisen's racial background (he is of white and Asian heritage) when he played Prince and Steve Jobs during seasons past of the NBC show. Nor did it seem to matter that "SNL's" Darrell Hammond, who is white, has impersonated the Rev. Jesse Jackson for years. Or that decades ago on "SNL," Billy Crystal played Sammy Davis Jr."
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