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'Diversity Bake Sale' Under Fire

Campus Republicans at the University of California Berkeley are stirring up controversy with their plans for a “diversity bake sale” - with the idea being that prices are determined by race and sex. The sale, scheduled for Sept. 27, determines prices for the baked goods as follows: white men can purchase them for $2.00, Asian men for $1.50, Latino men for $1.00, black men for $0.75 and Native American men for $0.25. All women will get $0.25 off of these prices. “The pricing structure is there to bring attention, to cause people to get a little upset,” Campus Republican President Shawn Lewis told CNN. Lewis says that it’s a method of illustrating the problems with pending legislation that would allow California universities to consider race or national origin during the admission process. Click here to read more.
 
 



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