'Racist' bake sale at UC Berkeley ignites furor
Sept 28, 2011 13:24:26 GMT -5
Post by Polarice on Sept 28, 2011 13:24:26 GMT -5
www.cbc.ca/ne...california.html
The Berkeley College Republicans devised the satirical "Increase Diversity Bake Sale," as a protest against proposed bill SB 185, which would have the race, gender, ethnicity and national origin of prospective students considered alongside other admission criteria.
The bake sale, which went ahead Tuesday despite the disapproval of the school's administration, set prices for baked goods on a sliding scale — charging the most to Caucasian males and the least to Native American women
"If preferences based on skin color are okay for college admissions, they should be okay for other aspects of life," wrote the group's president, Shawn Lewis, on their website. "We agree that the event is inherently racist, but that is the point."
Bake Sale Prices
White: $2.00
Asian: $1.50
Latino: $1.00
Black: $0.75
Native American: 25 cents
25 cents off for all women
