[CindyDawg]

So what is an AA bakesale? :')

[upchuck]

Well, I gotta hand it to IU. Most other bakesales like this I've read about have been shut down by the powers that be.

Looks like you've stirred the hornets nest but good.

Please keep us informed as to what happens.

BUMP!

[Flora McDonald]

It takes a lot of courage to do what you guys did. I guess with 40-70 people screaming at you it was hard to "dialogue". Keep us updated on this and good luck to you.

[Boston Capitalist]

Keep it up! You guys are doing more good than you think. A few events like this will seed a larger campus movement and there is no more harmful source of left-wing indoctrination than the university. This is where people learn that "it is obvious to any educated person" that tax cuts are bad, whites are all racists, welfare is good, and all manner of left-wing dogma.

[William Tell]

You should offer to compromise by reducing the differences in price by a factor of two. Perhaps even agree to charge whites and Asians the same price. Even agree to sell to everyone at the same price, but leave the old prices visible.

The true racists in this case are those who can't justify preferential admission policies and who don't want that issue to be visible. That is what creates the anger. Try adjusting the prices so that the difference is almost negligible. They will still be unhappy.

[GeekDejure]

Curious... What were the final bakesale cash results???

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[MIsunshine]

I'm amazed that people on college campuses - those seeking an education & those providing one- see affirmative action at the bake sale level as racist, but can't see racism in affirmative action college admisions.

I have an idea for future AA bake sales--

Instead of adjusting prices for race &/or gender, charge the same price to everyone but supply a different amount of cookies for that price. A degree costs everyone (except for out of state students) the same no matter who's paying for it.

white male: 1 cookie/50 cents
American African male: 2 cookies/50 cents
American African female: 3 cookies/50 cents
American Asians if overrepresentation of minority population: 1/2 cookie for 50 cents

and so on.

And by all means get some good cookies!

As to the future meeting regarding your bake sale, I would ask anyone that's alleging racism to define what racism means. I'm really curious & I'm betting that you will hear that 'if it offends a minority it's racist'. (Please, please, please ask a few people to define racism & report back what they say!)

BTW, 'racism' is defined by Dictionary.com as
1.The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others.
2. Discrimination or prejudice based on race.

Looks like college admissions based on race, an act of discrimination, is racism in practice. Of course I know how to read a dictionary.

[nickcarraway]

I recommend you run out and get this book as fast as you can:

Letters to a Young Conservative by Dinesh D'Souza

The book will help a lot. If you can swing it, try to get Mr. D'Souza as a speaker on campus.

[EdReform]

Congrats! Good job!

[hoosiermama]

You're making waves......Congratulations!...That's the first step in making a difference.

[Jack Wilson]

Just remember to maintain your humor, keep smiling. Let the other side get angry, agitated and out of control.

[sjmiller]

I know it somewhat defeats the purpose, but how about an Alphabetical Action bake-sale? Anyone whose name begins with letters A-M pays $1, N - Q pays 50cents, and so on. While it dilutes the point a bit, who can protest something as arbitrary as this? OK, I know very well who could protest.

Or you can do it by their major. English, Politics, Psych pay $1, .... Of course, unlike the Alphabetical, you can still enrage people by saying Women's Studies, African-American Studies pay less.

[Andy from Beaverton]

It's great to know that you didn't get into a yelling match and lower yourself to their level.

[sasafras]

What you are doing is truly brave and is a sincere struggle to tell the truth about AA. AA is a racist policy and should be challenged at every opportunity. Thank you Thank you Thank you for your courage to show the truth of what AA really stands for - benefits based on race and not merit.

[jimkress]

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

Interesting to see that Hitler's Brown Shirts are still alive and have only changed skin color.

[Kerberos]

Was this at IU or IUPUI?

[Bob J]

Great job and give 'em hell!

[.cnI redruM]

>>>>>"...Black people cannot be racist because they don't have power..."

Tell that to any White or Hispanic PFC that called General Powell the N-word.

[katnip]

[The Grammarian]

Great job! The Ball State University Daily News picked it up as a news brief today. Keep us updated on any further developments.