‘Saturday Night Live’ Adds Sasheer Zamata, First Black Female Cast Member Since 2007

from tv.yahoo.com: After facing criticism over a lack of color in its female cast, “Saturday Night Live” has added Sasheer Zamata, an African-American from Brooklyn, to its lineup as a featured player, NBC announced today. Zamata is the late night sketch show’s first black female cast member since the biracial Maya Rudolph departed in 2007.