After facing intense backlash over the casting of Black Severus Snape in HBO’s upcoming Harry Potter series, the debate has now made its way into mainstream comedy. On April 4, Saturday Night Live ...
In the SNL Black Snape skit, Kam Patterson was asked by Weekend Update co-host Colin Jost how his week had been: “Not great. We got this new kid. His name is Harry Potter, and he’s racist as hell.