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09-24-2016, 12:24 AM
'SNL' newbie deleted 2,000 tweets, including comments about race
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Saturday Night Live may have just increased its diversity, but that doesn't mean race is ** longer an issue. Less than two weeks after the show an**unced its first Latina cast member, that comic, Melissa Villaseñor, has been under scrutiny for old offensive tweets she has **w deleted.
SEE ALSO: 'Saturday Night Live' adds three new cast members (http://mashable.com/2016/09/12/saturday-night-live-cast-additions/)
Villaseñor made her Twitter private just before the official casting an**uncement from SNL, returning to a public account after deleting some 2,000 tweets. Twitter user @Reig**fApril, however, found and screenshotted several of Villaseñor's tweets before this happened. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/23/melissa-villase**r-tweets/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Saturday Night Live may have just increased its diversity, but that doesn't mean race is ** longer an issue. Less than two weeks after the show an**unced its first Latina cast member, that comic, Melissa Villaseñor, has been under scrutiny for old offensive tweets she has **w deleted.
SEE ALSO: 'Saturday Night Live' adds three new cast members (http://mashable.com/2016/09/12/saturday-night-live-cast-additions/)
Villaseñor made her Twitter private just before the official casting an**uncement from SNL, returning to a public account after deleting some 2,000 tweets. Twitter user @Reig**fApril, however, found and screenshotted several of Villaseñor's tweets before this happened. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/23/melissa-villase**r-tweets/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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