After all the hoopla surrounding “Saturday Night Live”‘s lack of a Black female cast member and the subsequent hiring of Sasheer Zamata, it was a given that they would need to do something to acknowledge Black History Month. Well this past weekend, SNL aired a skit entitled ’28 Reasons’ and boy did it deliver!
The skit featured Zamata, Jay Pharoah, and Kenan Thompson (well … duh) doing a presentation for their class. During the presentation, they list 28 reasons to hug a Black guy. Reason #1? “Give a Black guy a chance!” Reasons #2-28? “Slavery.”
It was so unexpected that I literally choked on my drink when I watched this weekend. When the teacher (Kate McKinnon) stops a white student (Bobby Moynihan) from playing “devil’s advocate,” I cried with laughter. If you missed it, watch the hilarious clip below.