SNL is once again in the hot seat for its impersonation of an Indian-American celebrity. Last year, the show had Iranian-American actress Nasim Pedrad show up in brownface to impersonate Aziz Ansari. Now Pedrad is impersonating Bobby Jindal, a move that’s led some viewers to voice frustrating at the show’s repeated misses on brown characters.
@redsteeze The comedian who played Jindal is Nasim Pedrad, is of Iranian ancestry, so I guess that’s close enough to India for #SNL smh
— Allen Lasko (@arlasko) April 13, 2014
Oh the weirdness of Bobby Jindal being portrayed on SNL by Nasim Pedrad…
— Xavier (@Xhaedon) April 13, 2014
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