00:00A recent SNL bit, comedian Tina Fey suggested that we can all fight white supremacy with
00:10what she called sheet caking.
00:12Basically, instead of attending any protests or rallies, folks should order a cake with
00:17an American flag on it from a Jewish or Black owned bakery, of course, and eat it.
00:22Although Fey did call out white supremacists, Trump and the Nazis, some felt sheet caking
00:27wrongly encouraged people to ignore the very serious problem of racism, but other fans
00:32think we should take it for what it was, a joke.
00:35So panelists, was Tina Fey's sheet cake a bit, a sleigh, or shade?
00:39And one, two, three, throw your cards up, let's see.
00:42Shade, shade, oh, oh, okay, Danielle, we'll start with you.
00:46Tell me what you think.
00:47I love Tina Fey, I think she's so funny, I think this one was in bad taste.
00:51It was, I think, the week after, if not days after Charlottesville, and I think the biggest
00:56lesson we've learned from this incident is that white people need to speak up to other
01:00white people about hatred, about racism, about privilege.
01:05So I think eating a cake instead of addressing the community that needs to be addressed is
01:09not really what needs to be done.
01:10I get, I get a joke is a joke, but it just, maybe there was another joke she could have
01:13taken.
01:14Literally, it was important.
01:15It was literally important.
01:16Sean, time in.
01:17This one is so hard for me.
01:18Okay.
01:19I'm just slayed because, for me, what I took away was the fact that if you do not
01:25give these racist, ignorant people an audience, then, you know, who's listening, right?
01:32And I thought that was really, really important, because they should not have a voice, or at
01:36least one that's listened to.
01:38But at the same time, I get what we're saying, that when you look at Boston this weekend,
01:42when 20,000 people stood up against 100 and you see a visual like that, you're like,
01:46hell yeah, I want to go out there and protest, and this is so important.
01:49But I think Tina Fey didn't want people to go out and get hurt, as what happened in Charlottesville,
01:55and there was a very real threat of that.
01:58But also, it brings up the idea of, like, must we always police other people's protests?
02:03Right.
02:04Is that the role of comedian?
02:05Exactly.
02:06And, you know, is there one right way to protest?
02:08Interesting.
02:09Good question.
02:10Charlie?
02:11So, I said shade because, like, Danielle, I am a Tina Fey fan.
02:15I do love her comedy.
02:16And I think because there's been so many moments where she nailed race relations in comedy,
02:20she thinks she can just, you know, always go there.
02:23And this time it was in poor days, literally.
02:26So, I just think, I mean, I'm not really mad at Tina Fey in general.
02:29I'm honestly not.
02:30There's been so many times she's nailed it.
02:32But in this case, girl, no.
02:33It was a fail.
02:34Well, our faves can be problematic.
02:36Exactly.
02:37So, Kayla, let's check in with you.
02:38You're a manning social media.
02:39What is the Twitterverse saying?
02:41I mean, it's truly divided.
02:42Okay.
02:43So, Lamonte Brown says, it's a joke.
02:45Ease up.
02:46So, he's slaying it.
02:47Nathaniel Friedman at Free Darko says, Tina Fey made a joke about the silly ways people
02:51cope and it's being taken as literal advice.
02:53Megan Ellison says, the fact that people are hating on Tina Fey for her incredible chic
02:56kicking skit is ridiculous.
02:58I choose empathy and laughter over hate.
03:01But some people are shading it.
03:02Van Newkirk says, I have successfully ignored and avoided all Tina Fey news for years now and
03:06today will not be a day that I stop.
03:08Cynthia Daniels says, not funny at all but I do still believe you need to be active in
03:12the fight for our rights.
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