Saturday Night Live writer Leslie Jones appeared on the program’s popular “Weekend Update” segment with host Colin Jost, unleashing a joke referencing slavery that upset some viewers. Ebony.com editor Jamilah Lemieux took aim at Jones’ jokes on Twitter, prompting the standup comedienne to lash back on the social media network as well.
Last week, a Twitter exchange between Ebony.com senior editor Jamilah Lemieux and Republican National Committee spokesman Raphael “Raffi” Williams took a bad turn. Lemieux sparked the ire of the RNC and Black conservatives by calling Williams a White man, prompting Ebony magazine’s online arm to apologize to Williams.
