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Black female comedians are receiving more attention

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Satori Shakoor

A new face recently joined the cast of "Saturday Night Live" and made plenty of headlines when she did.

Comic SasheerZamata became the first black female cast member of SNL in five years, since the departure of Maya Rudolph. She was discovered through a talent search that focused strictly on black female comedians.

What does this extra attention mean for other black women who want to make us laugh?

One of those women is Detroiter Satori Shakoor, actor, writer, comedian and creator of "The Secret Society of Twisted Storytellers." She joined us today.

Listen to the full interview above.

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