Critics Find Little Humor In 'SNL' Writer's Jokes About Slavery : Code Switch : NPR

Critics Find Little Humor In 'SNL' Writer's Jokes About Slavery : Code Switch : NPR: ...Kind of like the outrage in the wake of writer Leslie Jones' maiden on-camera appearance on Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update." Jones didn't come out in blackface, but she did bug her eyes, roll her neck and make jokes about how she would have been a hot prospect in antebellum life:

"Massa woulda hooked me up with the best brother on the plantation," she told uncertain-looking co-anchor Colin Jost. "And every nine months, I'd be popping out a superbaby: Shaq, Kobe... LeBron!"