A friend of mine posted a week ago on his status, "Way to go UC Berkeley Republicans. Nothing like admitting that you are hosting an inherently racist event on campus and then attempting to justify it,". So of course I took that as my cue to do a little investigation and this is what I found:
The College Republicans of the University of Berkeley planned a bake sale at which the price of items would be determined by the buyer's race, gender, and ethnicity; However, as expected, other students were outraged and claimed it was racists.
Club members said the sale was a way of taking a stand against pending legislation that would let the University of of California consider a student's race or national origin during the admission process (affirmative action).
For this post, I will leave my opinion out because I want to hear yours. Also, I have posted the video version below.
Given that other colleges have apparently had similar events, I'm not sure this one should have gotten quite so much press. Still, it definitely seemed worth some sort of coverage.
ReplyDeleteI frankly had some qualms about the political statement being made by students at such a selective college. And it's also a little hard to get a handle on the sense of white male feelings of aggrievement when salaries of white men continue to outpace the salaries of other groups in the workplace.