"Saturday Night Live" hasn't pulled punches with political controversies, but its upcoming host has Latino groups out there swinging.

On Nov. 7, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will host the show.

Organizations like the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda are considering a boycott of the broadcast or possibly even the whole network, saying that Trump's incendiary comments on the campaign about Latino immigrants are offensive.

"People were surprised," says NPR's television critic Eric Deggans. "To see a major NBC property like 'Saturday Night Live' welcome Trump as a guest host seemed a bit of a backtracking."

Prior to this announcement, NBC cut ties with Trump. NBC has not indicated what led them to change. 

"They're giving him an advantage in the contest that they probably won't extend to anyone else that's running against him," he says.

According to Deggans, if other candidates want equal time, they will have to ask the individual stations where "SNL" airs – they cannot ask "SNL" itself if they can host, too.

Deggans also questioned if Trump would have even been cast if "SNL" had any Latino cast members.

"There are practical benefits to that," he says about a diverse staff. "The people who run the show can get a wide range of opinions and material from people who have different life experiences."

That does not always prevent controversial sketches, however.

Last year, "SNL" was criticized for not having many female African-American cast members. There are now two, but performer Leslie Jones drew fire for one sketch that joked about slavery and dating.

"'SNL' has done half the work. They've hired people, they've brought them on, but they haven't really internalized the discussion about diversity and stereotypes that you really need to have if you're going to this button-pushing comedy," says Deggans.

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