Racist Bake Sale to Charge Latinos and African-Americans Half the Price of Whites
A group of college students in California have organized a “racist” bake sale to protest against SB 185, a bill which is being considered by Gov. Jerry Brown which would allow public universities in the Golden State to consider race, ethnicity and gender in the admissions process.
The group, called the Berkeley College Republicans, plans to hold the event on Tuesday.
The group set up a Facebook page saying, “The Berkeley College Republicans firmly believe measuring any admit's merit based on race is intrinsically racist. Our bake sale will be at the same time and location of a phone bank which will be making calls to urge Gov. Brown to sign the bill.”
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The statement added: “The pricing structure of the baked goods is meant to be satirical, while urging students to think more critically about the implications of this policy.”
At the Increase Diversity Bake Sale, white men will be charged $2, Asians $1.50, Latinos $1, African-Americans 75 cents, and Native Americans 25 cents. They are also offering 25 cent discount for all women. The pricing and the whole event itself has caused controversy.
“The way they made the statement, the words that they used, the fact that they humorized and mocked the struggles of people of color on this campus is very disgusting to me,” said Campus Democrats president Anais LaVoie.
According to ABC News, the goods were priced “to ensure the fairest distribution, and make sure that there are a diverse population of races of students getting BCR's delicious baked goods.”
However, Campus Republican president Shawn Lewis told the KGO-TV station in San Francisco that “the pricing structure is there to bring attention, to cause people to get a little upset.”
He continued: “But it's really there to cause people to think more critically about what this kind of policy would do in university admissions. It certainly is stirring emotions, and that's what we want. But we certainly don't want people to think that we're making fun of racial issues or laughing at them because that's not the message of the bake sale.”
