The Democratic Party can nominate Barack Obama, a man of African descent, to run for President. The American people – across class, age, political party, geography, and our centuries old racial divide – can elect him in a landslide victory that makes the world rejoice. But Saturday Night Live can’t find a black actor to play him? What’s wrong with this picture?
Well, for a start it’s ridiculous, insulting, and stinks of white supremacy.
I’ve got nothing against Fred Armisen, the cast member of mixed white, Asian and Latino heritage who plays Obama, but WHY? In the whole USA there’s no Black actor who can play the first Black president of the United States? Barack Obama campaigned for nearly two years. In 21 months a black actor couldn’t be found? Well, no, especially if no one at Saturday Night Live bothered to look.
It’s a modern day minstrel show to tart Armisen up in black face and pretend its anything but offensive. It’s also inexcusable.
Kenan Thompson, the only black cast member at SNL was told he was too fat to play Obama. Obviously, Armisen ain’t too white – or short, or stocky, or anything else, ya dig? – to play the first black president. No biggie, I guess, since a white cast member also plays Jesse Jackson. Sorry if this means I haven’t drunk the Kool-Aid of post-racial, utopian, we voted for Barack Obama so now racism’s dead America, but can you imagine a black cast member getting a steady gig playing a white public figure?
As for the soon-to-be First Lady Michelle Obama, SNL had to bring Maya Rudolph back as a special guest to play her. But the show has NO BLACK WOMAN on staff. Now that Hillary Clinton’s on her way back to the Senate, stay tuned for Amy Poehler to become the official Michelle Obama on SNL.
SNL has a long history of hiring few black actors and mis-using them when they do. As for writers, forget about it. SNL is not alone. What’s astounding about SNL is how oblivious and smug they are in their arrogance and sense of entitlement.
This is just another reason why I cringe when I hear babble about how Obama’s election ushers in “post-racial America.” Seems what that boils down to is maintaining the status quo of white privilege and declaring it fair while simultaneously telling black people they have nothing to be aggrieved about. Including a white guy playing the first black president. It’s unacceptable in 2008 and beyond. We should not stand for it in Obamaland.
Email or write SNL producer Lorne Michaels at Saturday Night Live, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10112 or call 212 664-4444 and tell NBC and Michaels you won’t watch the show or support the advertisers until they find a black actor to play Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, and hire some black comedy writers, too. You won’t miss much. Post-November 4, Tina Fey as Sarah Palin – the only really funny stuff on the show – will be obsolete.
As an aside: ENOUGH about Michelle Obama’s dress the night of November 4! Attacking the dress is just a smoke screen for attacking the woman, our sister, Michelle Obama, soon to be first lady. If American’s can overwhelmingly elect Barack Obama based upon the content of his character, can we all refrain from judging Michelle Obama by the clothes on her back? It’s mean-spirited, petty, a distraction from what’s really important, irrelevant, and worst of all, UNSISTERLY. Michelle Obama needs and deserves our unconditional support. Let’s get off the judgemental, jive, fashionista bandwagon and give it to her.
Jill Nelson 11/7/08
I didn’t know it was not a black man portraying Mr. Obama but I knew it was not the right man portraying him. It was difficult to watch this actor in this role. I have not reall y watched SNL since the Eddie Miurphy days because the show had ceased to be funny and entertaining. Maybe that is due to not having a group of diverse writers and their input. Thanks for the story.
I think this is very trivial. Obama, himself is of mixed heritage. So why does it have to be a black man that portrays him? We don’t need to get embroiled in this silly issue. i think that the guy that played him on SNL did a good job, let him continue.
Thank you for this article. I have long been disturbed that they get Kenan Thompson to play the parts of black women – I understand that Mr. Thompson has to make money – but I find it insulting everytime I send a black woman being played by a MAN! It’s like we’re not feminine enough to be played by another woman. That’s why I stopped tuning into SNL. I would rather see a white woman – then see a man of any race – play the role of a black woman. They have enough white women on the show – where their parts are not portrayed by men – so they don’t lose their women status as a result. SNL needs to leave black characters alone – if they don’t have the actors to portray them.
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