Topic: Buzzfeed

2 chapters across the catalog

16: Whiteballed
• 1:36:58 - 1:42:02

16: Whiteballed

Cookout Culture, White Privilege and Max Kellerman

The concept of "the cookout" is discussed as a symbolic safe space for Black culture, with the hosts critiquing the trend of "inviting" supportive white people to it. Max Kellerman's comments on white privilege are analyzed, with the hosts finding his refusal to "give up" privilege while acknowledging it to be hypocritical. They mock the "woke" audience for embracing Kellerman's rhetoric over Stephen A. Smith's more conservative realism.

12: White Guilt
• 1:39:36 - 1:43:40

12: White Guilt

Mistress Velvet and BDSM as Racial Reparations

A BuzzFeed feature on "Mistress Velvet," a dominatrix who forces white male "slaves" to read black feminist theory, is discussed. The segment explores the bizarre intersection of white guilt and sexual fetishes, where men pay to be dominated as a way to "unpack" their privilege. The hosts view this as a "guilt gone bad" scenario that reinforces existing power structures rather than challenging them.