SNL criticized for a sketch unfairly stereotyping Black people and vaccine hesitancy

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Daniel Kaluuya hosted a "Vaccine Game Show" sketch in which he played a doctor who offered money to high-risk people in exchange for them taking the COVID-19 vaccine. As Business Insider reports, "Black physicians criticized the skit's stereotypical depiction of vaccine hesitancy among Black people, who are the fastest growing demographic to say they have either taken or will take the vaccine. Critics also said the skit did not address the lack of access to vaccine sites among Black people and historical racism in healthcare." Dr. Uché Blackstock, the founder of Advancing Health Equity, tweeted of the sketch: "How did this skit even make it on air? It's deeply problematic — making fun of Black folks declining the vaccine, especially without any context — past and ongoing racism within and outside healthcare institutions. You all should know better by now."