Posted on 09/28/2011 9:19:52 AM PDT by Kaslin
Edited on 09/28/2011 10:18:43 AM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
The U.C. Berkeley College Republicans struck a national nerve today by holding a bake sale with racially discriminatory pricing: Higher prices for white and Asian students, lower prices for black, Hispanic and female students. Why the intentional discrimination? To protest a pending new statewide law which attempts to re-introduce Affirmative Action into university admission standards, something that was been banned years ago with California’s popular Constitutional amendment requiring race-neutral admissions.
The purposely inflammatory gag was very clever: the goal was to make everyone point out how racist the cupcake prices were, at which point the young Republicans reply, “Exactly! Racial discrimination is unfair. Thanks for making our point for us!”
But the leftists on campus and around the state instead flew into a blind rage: The joke was too effective, so Affirmative Action proponents simply pretended to “not get it.” Accusations of racism flew back and forth and before anyone knew it we had a major FUBAR situation on our hands.
The racist bake sale was today, so I will use this post to roll out photos and videos of the sale and counter-protest as they become available. Keep refreshing the page throughout the day for more and more coverage!
The Berkeley College Republicans set up their table on U.C. Berkeley’s legendary Sproul Plaza, birthplace of the Free Speech Movement and the place where all campus clubs host recruitment tables. By the time I showed up at 10am, there were already hundreds of protesters swarming around the table.
One of the young Republicans carried a sign with the discriminatory menu. Shock!
This 7-minute video montage contains several short interviews with various people at the protest, and really contains almost everything you need to know about the event. I alternate back and forth between College Republicans explaining their point, and counter-protesters trying to explain, uh, well, something or other. Almost all of these clips are “piggybacking” on interviews that other reporters did of the various people shown; whenever one camera would come out to record an interview, several additional cameras would usually appear out of nowhere to get a free ride. Some of the clips were taken by me, and some by others who sent their videos to me.
However you slice it — it’s video gold not to be missed!:
The Berkeley College Republicans were not all “white” as most people assumed; they included members of all races.
The cupcakes were very “diverse” in their coloration. Will the mockery never cease?
Ward Connerly, the godfather of the anti-Affirmative Action movement, showed up took a seat at the bake sale table, where he was interviewed by various media outlets.
Several different counter-protest groups showed up. By Any Means Necessary, the leading radical Affirmative Action advocacy group, had a major presence. “BAMN,” as they are commonly known, take their name from a famous Malcolm X speech (though, hilariously, his actual quote was “I myself am a minister, not a Christian minister, but a Muslim minister; and I believe in action on all fronts by whatever means necessary,” which someone misremembered as “by any means necessary.” Ooops. Maybe we should start referring to them as BWMN?).
The Revolutionary Communist Party also showed up en masse, bringing along this sign which clarifies their opinion of America pretty well.
Back at the main table there were incessant arguments and discussions about race and Affirmative Action. To everyone’s amazement, the College Republicans did not back down, despite massive condemnation from the ASUC (the student government) and worldwide accusations of racism being hurled at them. In fact, they held their own in the arguments pretty well, because practically every single opponent fell face first into the simple logical trap the Republicans had set: If you think the pricing scheme is “racist,” because it discriminates according to ethnicity, then you must also think that Affirmative Action is racist, since it does exactly the same thing!
Notice how, early in the day, the sign was at first in pristine condition. But 45 minutes later…
…someone had smeared a cupcake on it in anger. And then shortly afterward…
…someone added “Be a racist dick,” completing the composition.
This enterprising young citizen journalist was interviewing everyone in sight with his flip-phone. Somebody didn’t appreciate being asked their opinion, so they whined to the police, who gave the guy a mild warning not to be so extraverted.
I don’t know how they made these double-reverse satirical t-shirts so fast!
More communist commentary about race.
Zapatistas were milling around as well.
There have been altogether too many accusations of racism and not enough accusations of sexism in this whole debate. Time to rectify matters! Let’s get sexist.
They’re so rarely in the same vicinity that one seldom gets a chance to compare the two groups. So, which do you prefer:
Republican chicks? Or…
…Communist chicks?
All sorts of white people were railing about the evils of “white privilege.” In this case, the protester was making a sarcastic commentary on the Republicans: “Defend White Privilege.”
“You represent Elitism,” this privileged white male declares.
Elsewhere, a (presumably) gay student was greatly offended that the discriminatory price list didn’t also insult and degrade queers. No fair! If you Republicans aren’t sufficiently bigoted against us, then we’ll lose relevance! By leaving any mention of us out of your bake sale, you discriminated against us by not discriminating against us!
Racial arguments raged at the Republicans’ table, but amazingly tempers remained for the most part under control, as the Republicans stayed on message and wouldn’t get baited into name-calling.
It’s a hobby of mine to notice little details in every picture. In the image above, at the very top edge, was this lonely student all by herself at the periphery of the protest, holding up a sign saying “This is wrong.” Poignant, in a way.
I tried to get an overall crowd shot to show just how huge the protest had become. Not sure if this conveys it very well, but in any case: big.
And despite all the crowds, the other worthy student groups lining Sproul Plaza were almost totally ignored. The “Abolish Sex Trafficking” booth, for example, had no traffic whatsoever, sex or otherwise. Those damn Republicans: now they’re causing an increase in sex trafficking as well!
Egotistical scuzzball Michael Delacour, a surviving remnant of the 1969 People’s Park riots in Berkeley and a notorious character in local legend, planted himself directly in front of the table for an entire hour, ranting “I am an elder! You must respect me!” Everyone tried to ignore the delusional bum and eventually he wandered away.
Before he left, he unintentionally proved why there’s no need for Affirmative Action by giving a demonstration of how much more stupid he, a white person, is than the cool and intelligent African-American Ward Connerly. It was one of the most lopsided debates I’d ever witnessed.
Nearby, the racial sides were reversed as a very angry African-American woman argued with one of the white Republicans. Afterward, he offered to shake her hand, but she instead stomped away in a huff.
[MORE TO COME SOON, including videos! Stay tuned, and keep refreshing the page.]
Ping to keep watching the thread. Great pictures!
Nice. Cute Republican chicas too.
Excellent!
In the late 1990’s, a liberal women’s group held an identical type of bake sale in Sproul Plaza. The prices were variable, depending on the gender and race of each customer. For example, white males paid more, and minority women paid less. Nobody seemed to have a problem with it that year.
Ah, Berkley, our future in a straight jacket.
I saw the cup cake sale on TV this AM and the Republican students made their points simply and clearly but liberals can’t tolerate differing opinions. At least they didn’t kill each other - but they did have BRISK discussions. At last, some sanity on campus. Berkley is the mecca for socialist indoctrination.
The only thing they got wrong was the price between Whites and Asians. Asians should have paid $2 and Whites, $1.50, since Asians are most heavily discriminated against...
They should have listed the price of a gov’t cupcake- $16.00
Where are the Arab/Muslims prices. Probably afraid they would get bombed by the terrorists.
This reminds me of an oldie but a goodie:
Q: What did one lesbian say to the other lesbian?
A: That’s not funny!
What would the left do without that oh-so-risky challenging of “genocide” they do constantly, like it’s some heroic thing to challenge it in the America they hate? Go carry some “No Genocide” signs in the Palestinian territories, then tell us about eeeeevil America.
The Race war.........Long, long overdue!
Don't trust anyone over thirty!
Along with most other American universities. It amazes me that good conservative Americans still actually pay outrageous tuitions to allow tenured Marxist professors to brainwash their kids!
They are wrong about one thing.....
Asian students should pay a HIGHER price than Caucasian students.
Nobody gets a worse deal from our race based admissions spoils system than an academically excellent (but not extraordinary) Asian student.
Well, one thing is obvious — The Republican girls are far more attractive than the Commies?
To further make the point....any student (regardless of race)that has a 3.5 grade pt average or above shall be taxed on their cupcake....any student who is not white that has a 2.25 grade pt average or less shall receive their cupcake at a further reduced price or free...depending on how low their grade point is!!!! How bout that?
Hasn’t this idea been put into practice before? And didn’t the left melt down that time, too?
Yep. And when they graduate there will be NO jobs for them because their marxist theories DON'T work. By the time most of these brainwashed “brilliant little minds” realize it in their 40’s most of the damage is done.
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