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IU Affirmative Action Bakesale Followup
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Posted on 11/06/2003 9:02:07 PM PST by Rush Reagan
Hey guys you've probably read the thread about us having an affirmative action bakesale here at IU. I thought since we had it I'd give you an update. Well as you can probably guess it's been a real firestorm. When we had it there were probably 40-70 black people yelling at us for 2 hrs. No violence, and the University did not attempt to shut us down. So far they have actually been very supportive of our freedom of speech. However, after the bakesale in a time period of only 5 hrs the Black Student Union organized a forum where over a 100 people totally castigated the President of the Committee for Freedom, the group that put on the bakesale. We had not anticipated this and were not prepared. We should not have attended, but the President of the organization was forced to go by his boss because he is an RA. We've attracted a lot of news attention. We were the lead story on the local news last night as well as frontpage news in the student and local papers today. The Indianapolis Star also did a story and it has been picked up by the AP. Soon there will start to be letters coming in that call the organizer racist and slandering him. There have already been complaints that such protest should not be allowed at the school. That's good because that's what we wanted and we knew they would do that. We are drafting a response and we are going to hammer them. If any of you would like to help us by writting a letter to the editor of the school newspaper or Indianapolis Star get in touch with me. Thank you.
TOPICS: Activism/Chapters; US: Indiana; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: affirmativeaction; bakesale; indiana; indianauniversity; iu
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To: Rush Reagan
We did a "Heterosexual Coming Out Day." Now THAT was fun!!!
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posted on
11/08/2003 6:50:58 PM PST
by
nonliberal
(Graduate: Curtis E. LeMay School of International Relations)
To: Chewbacca
It may come in handy in case a fight breaks out and the school tries to expel you for causing the fight. They will still blame them for starting it, they will say the bake sale was the problem.
82
posted on
11/09/2003 12:33:00 AM PST
by
GeronL
(Visit www.geocities.com/geronl)
To: Rush Reagan
Slavery Reparations Bake sale ?? Is that where you charge the whites based on the number of slaves they owned?? (of course thats NONE, if anyone is counting).. I guess blacks get free cookies.
83
posted on
11/09/2003 12:36:12 AM PST
by
GeronL
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To: knuthom
per #76-
I find it hard to believe that the kids could be so easily manipulated or the parents wouildn't have objectedUh, Democrat voters? ring a bell? easily led and influenced!
84
posted on
11/09/2003 12:39:23 AM PST
by
GeronL
(Visit www.geocities.com/geronl)
To: Rush Reagan
We had not anticipated this and were not prepared. Not this time, but maybe the next. All part of the learning experience. Hang in there. Get working on that next "consciousness raising" activity.
85
posted on
11/09/2003 4:47:07 AM PST
by
searchandrecovery
(America - Welcome to Sodom & Gomorrah West)
To: Rush Reagan
Good Job!
You guys & gals keep your cool and let the others rage on.
To: Rush Reagan
I'm sorry if you didn't get to see the original post where I explained it. It is where you protest affirmative action by selling cookies with different prices based on race. For example Whites:1 dollar Blacks 50 cents etc.So why were the blacks p!$$ed? They benefit.
87
posted on
11/09/2003 4:16:44 PM PST
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Test of metal: will of iron, heart of gold, nerves of steel, balls of brass. ~George Carlin)
To: Rush Reagan
Another lady also said that University policy needs to be changed so this sort of thing isn't allowed, and that free speech should have limits when it offends people.Offer an honest opinion, get b*tch-slapped by some statist ninny. Life goes on...
88
posted on
11/09/2003 4:19:25 PM PST
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Test of metal: will of iron, heart of gold, nerves of steel, balls of brass. ~George Carlin)
To: Trueblackman; rabidralph; mhking; L.N. Smithee
What is your take on this issue?
89
posted on
11/09/2003 4:25:03 PM PST
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Test of metal: will of iron, heart of gold, nerves of steel, balls of brass. ~George Carlin)
To: Rush Reagan
Also, another suggestion would be to do a different variation on the bakesale such as a slavery reparations bakesale that I heard someone else suggest. This would set you apart.Is that where you charge a white passer-by a dollar for a cookie, then eat the cookie yourself while giving the dollar to a black passer-by. Or do you pocket the money and give the black guy the cookie?
90
posted on
11/09/2003 4:54:13 PM PST
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Test of metal: will of iron, heart of gold, nerves of steel, balls of brass. ~George Carlin)
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