Along with the Podcast Stage, this year's Picnic had a Gaming / Culture stage. Early in the day, that meant the area was full up with dudes in Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons jerseys playing NBA video games. Late in the afternoon, it transitioned into lifestyle and fashion discussions, culminating in a Barrier Breakers panel moderated by ESPN commentator and The Undefeated columnist Jemele Hill. Panelists — who were asked about things like "being your full black self" at work — included music executives Amber Grimes and Shari Bryant, fitness entrepreneur Anowa Adjah and Uber exec Bozoma St. Jean. Hill, who became a polarizing political lightning rod after she called President Trump a white supremacist on Twitter last year, led a discussion about their career paths and the sexism and racism women of color face in the workplace, saying that a day doesn't go by when "someone doesn't tell me to go back to Africa or tell me to go write for Cosmo."