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How Saturday Night Live Apology Can Help Change America

How Saturday Night Live Apology Can Help Change America

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Pete Davidson's apology to Texas Republican Congressman-elect Dan Crenshaw on Saturday Night Live – and Crenshaw's acceptance of it – ought to become a watershed moment in American culture. On Saturday, November 3, three days before the recent election, Davidson, a comedian, poked fun at Crenshaw's appearance, making a vile joke and then making light of Crenshaw's eyepatch:  "I'm sorry, I know he lost his eye in war or … whatever."

Pete Davidson's apology to Texas Republican Congressman-elect Dan Crenshaw on Saturday Night Live – and Crenshaw's acceptance of it – ought to become a watershed moment in American culture. On Saturday, November 3, three days before the recent election, Davidson, a comedian, poked fun at Crenshaw's appearance, making a vile joke and then making light of Crenshaw's eyepatch:  "I'm sorry, I know he lost his eye in war or … whatever."…