While that was remedied when Sasheer Zamada and Leslie Jones (now both gone) were hired, SNL has now added an Asian-American cast member to continue broadening the scope of its performers.
It was just a few seasons ago when it became a bit of an issue that the show had rarely had any African-American females in the cast, with Maya Rudolph being the only one with a high profile and long standing in the cast.
Saturday Night Live has been known for breaking lots of television barriers over its nearly 45 seasons, but one thing that has been fairly slow to come to the sketch comedy is variety in the cast.