Amber Ruffin Speaks About Being 'The First Black Female Anything'

Amber Ruffin Speaks About Being 'The First Black Female Anything'
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Second City's Amber Ruffin. The irresistibly titled new revue, 'Between Barack and a Hard Place,' is winning the improv institution its best reviews in years and out-of-control ticket sales. (Photo by Heather Stone/Chicago Tribune/MCT via Getty Images)
Second City's Amber Ruffin. The irresistibly titled new revue, 'Between Barack and a Hard Place,' is winning the improv institution its best reviews in years and out-of-control ticket sales. (Photo by Heather Stone/Chicago Tribune/MCT via Getty Images)

When Amber Ruffin was first hired to write for Late Night with Seth Meyers, Jezebel reported that she was the first black woman to write for a network late night show ever. That was news to Ruffin: as she told WNYC's Arun Venugopal this week, it never occurred to her that she'd be "the first black female anything."

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