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‘SNL’ Slammed For Sketch Mocking Black Vaccine Hesitancy

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‘SNL’ Slammed For Sketch Mocking Black Vaccine Hesitancy
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Though the subject of race was a central component to last weekend’s episode of “Saturday Night Live,” some people have reacted harshly to a particular sketch that mocked vaccine hesitancy in the black community.

Hosted by two-time Academy Award-nominee Daniel Kaluuya (“Get Out,” “Sicario”), one sketch featured the actor playing a doctor on a game show titled “Will You Take It?” that offered black contestants a hefty financial award if they agreed to one thing: Taking the COVID-19 vaccine. As the sketch unfolded, nobody seemed willing to take it, despite the great rewards. As Fox News reported:

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