Colin Jost Criticized for 'Saturday Night Live' Joke

When Colin Jost made a joke about Amazon's decision to locate a new headquarters in New York City, some Saturday Night Live viewers saw it as an offensive display of the Harvard-educated Jost's white privilege. Read on to see what you think.

Via PopCulture.

Saturday Night Live comedian Colin Jost has come under fire on Twitter for his "Weekend Update" joke about Amazon's headquarters coming to New York City, in which he suggested New Yorkers should be happy about the move.

"Only New Yorkers could complain about getting 25,000 new jobs," Jost said during this weekend's episode.

"All the cities who lost out must be like, 'Shut up you whiny b–.' New York basically won the lottery and we're like, 'But the subways might be slightly more crowded.' Meanwhile, people in West Virginia are like, 'Well, back to the mines.'"

Jost continued, "Yeah, I know it's going to raise housing prices, but it's a little late for New Yorkers to complain about rent. I mean, even Amazon had to move to Queens because it couldn't afford to live in Manhattan."

The joke was not well-received, especially by some aware of Jost's biography. The 36-year-old is a Harvard University graduate who was hired by SNL as a writer right after he graduated. His father is an engineer and Jost attended a private school in Manhattan.

"Colin Jost is the son of a doctor and engineer, went to a private school on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, went to Harvard, was hired at SNL immediately after graduating and has never had another adult job," writer Jon Schwarz tweeted, along with a clip of the joke.

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