“If we were trying to look for a similar-sized place here in Georgia,' she said, 'we would have to start worrying about being close to like the actual KKK.”Īs for whether the Saturday Night Live sketch gave her any pause? She says they’re planning to move to a small town here, because of racism and politics in Georgia. Vance says she and her family want to live in a rural place, and did a lot of research before choosing Vermont. “I mean, we’re not from there, so we won’t take it personally,' she said. Vance says she and her husband liked the sketch. Vance wrote on Reddit: “I’m a Brazilian from Atlanta,” and “I'm definitely preparing myself for more than just the cold.” In a few weeks, she and her family of four plan to move to Vermont. Melissa Vance lives outside Atlanta, Georgia. Saturday Night Live viewers were animated about the skit on social media, too. More from VPR - Kiah Morris Says Vermont Has 'Opportunity To Lead' National Conversation About Racism 'And we were like, ‘Wow, I can’t believe that people are paying attention.'' “Kiah and I were texting about it last night,' said Pohl-Moore.

Still, Pohl-Moore says she thinks Saturday Night Live came up with the idea after reading news reports about racist incidents in Vermont, including reports about Kiah Morris, the former state representative from Bennington who resigned after alleged racial harassment. The sketch does not depict Vermonters as racist, so much as homogenous.

I was actually just talking to a friend about that today, about how it’s one of those things where it's like, ‘Well there actually are people of color here! And there are people of color doing things.’ But yeah, it was - I’m glad that they did the piece,' she said. Pohl-Moore said she had been chatting with friends about the sketch. “You laugh because it’s funny, but you also want to cry because it’s true,” said Tabitha Pohl-Moore, president of the Rutland-area NAACP. Watch the full sketch from NBC's Saturday Night Live: “Yeah, I know that place,” says actor Adam Driver, the episode's guest host. An agrarian community where everyone lives in harmony because every single person is white.” “If they’re gonna keep coming here, then we’re gonna go someplace else,' says Bennett's character.

His character complains that he and his fellow neo-Confederates have failed to stop non-whites from moving into town. Cast member Beck Bennett stands in front of a Confederate flag at a community center.

The scene opens somewhere in the American South. Saturday Night Live made some fun of Vermont last weekend, with '>a sketch featuring a group of Southern white nationalists who discuss where to find a “Caucasian paradise.” The skit contrasts Vermont’s liberal, bucolic image with some uncomfortable realities, and was welcomed by people inside and out of the state.

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