‘SNL’ Has Had Only 8 Black Women as Cast Members in 50 Years — Is It Really Going to Launch a New Season Without Them?

Please, “SNL,” don’t forget about Black women… again.

On Friday, Ego Nwodim announced she would be leaving “Saturday Night Live” after seven seasons, and with her exit comes a familiar, unsettling truth: It’s looking like the show will head into its 51st season on Oct. 4 without a single Black woman in its cast, unless someone is added the last minute. And now, perhaps, they will be motivated to do just that.

Nwodim, who joined “SNL” in 2018 as a featured player and was promoted to the repertory cast in 2020, revealed she was leaving in an Instagram story. “The hardest…

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