Durham Region blasted for offensive Black History Month scavenger hunt
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Today in how did this ever even get approved in the first place? we have a Black History Month challenge that encourages Durham Region employees to (among other things) dance to a Reggae song, cook an African meal, and have a conversation with a Black person.
This isn t a satirical send-up of tone-deaf white people; this is a thing that actually happened, as evidenced by images of a bizarre scavenger hunt document distributed to government workers in Durham at the beginning of February.
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Amber Ruffin and her sister Lacey Lamar grew up in Omaha, Nebraska. Amber moved to New York City where, in 2014, she became the first ever black female writer on a network late-night show when she joined the staff of “Late Night with Seth Meyers.” She still works there, writing and appearing on camera - often singing - always hilarious - and in September of 2020, NBC’s streaming platform, Peacock premiered “The Amber Ruffin Show” - a no-guest and, because of the Covid-19 pandemic, audience-less half-hour where Ruffin and the show’s announcer, her friend, Tarik Davis, wear zazzy suits and talk about current events.