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Democrats riled by race and gender-biased bake sale [Hilarious]
THE DAILY BRUIN ONLINE ^ | 2/14/2003 | Nicolas Taborek

Posted on 02/15/2003 1:42:32 PM PST by aculeus

An affirmative action bake sale organized by the Bruin Republicans last week has provoked impassioned responses from a top California Democrat and political student groups on campus.

The sale, held on Bruin Walk on Feb. 3, offered cookies at different prices depending on the customer's race and gender. Black, Latina and American Indian females were charged 25 cents for cookies that cost males of minority descent 50 cents. White females were charged $1, and white males and all Asian Americans were charged $2.

Students selling the cookies were assigned name tags portraying them as "Uncle Tom," "The White Oppressor" and "Self-Hating Hispanic Race Traitor."

Chairman of the California Democratic Party Art Torres voiced his disapproval in a Monday press release.

"I am deeply saddened and disheartened at the activities of the Bruin Republicans," he said.

Torres, a former California state senator, believes UCLA Republicans have been "emboldened" by the recent race-sensitive remarks by various Republican leaders, specifically citing Trent Lott's, R-Miss., comments and Congressman Howard Coble's, R-N.C., praise of internment camps for Japanese Americans during World War II.

"It is a shame that Republicans at UCLA have chosen to mimic the extreme views of their Republican leaders," Torres said.

Andrew Jones, president of the Bruin Republicans and a former Daily Bruin Viewpoint columnist, resents the chairman's association of his student group with national Republican controversies.

"This is just Torres being a bully. He doesn't know us. We have never stood behind Trent Lott," Jones said.

The intent of the sale, Jones said, was to "bring the issue (of affirmative action) down to everyday terms. We wanted to show how affirmative action is racial division, not racial reconciliation."

As for the name tags of the vendors, Jones said many people would look at a black or Latino student taking part in a Bruin Republicans anti-affirmative action sale and either think to themselves or say out loud that the student is a traitor to his race. Therefore, the Bruin Republicans decided to "turn it on its head" and use the names themselves, before passers-by had a chance.

Jones asserted his objective was to incite discourse on the issue, not to provoke anger.

"We want people to have an opinion, one way or another," he added.

Though the Bruin Democrats did not protest the event or respond to it publicly, president Kristina Meshelski, a former Daily Bruin contributor, felt the sale served to confuse students.

"They're focusing only on how it can hurt. A diverse student body is something we should strive for, and affirmative action can help," she said.

Kevin Acebo, a press aide for Torres, called the bake sale a clear example of "race-bating."

Juan Carlos-Orellana, president of the Democratic Law Students Association, responded to the event with similar indignation, referring to the bake sale as an "insulting trivialization of the serious issue of race and gender equality."

Orellana sees the effort by the Bruin Republicans as detrimental to the discussion of affirmative action.

"By reducing the complexity of this issue into dollars and cents and cookies they are working to stop discourse," he said.

Copyright 2003 ASUCLA Student Media


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; US: California
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1 posted on 02/15/2003 1:42:32 PM PST by aculeus
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2 posted on 02/15/2003 1:43:54 PM PST by aculeus
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To: aculeus
LOL! I suppose sarcasm is lost on liberal idiots.

In fact, they have little sense of humor at all!

4 posted on 02/15/2003 1:47:17 PM PST by Cold Heat
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To: aculeus
Damn, that's good. <|:)~
5 posted on 02/15/2003 1:49:39 PM PST by martin_fierro (oh, did I say that out loud?)
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To: aculeus
I love it! Perhaps someone should open up a store that sells all of it's merchandise like that.
6 posted on 02/15/2003 1:49:48 PM PST by leadpencil1
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To: aculeus
What a hoot!
The truth hurts, and it hurts democrats most of all.
7 posted on 02/15/2003 1:51:44 PM PST by tet68 (Jeremiah 51:24 ..."..Before your eyes I will repay Babylon for all the wrong they have done in Zion")
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To: aculeus
LOL ~ a great fund raising idea for the new SF Chapter!
8 posted on 02/15/2003 1:51:52 PM PST by Drango (don't need no stinkin' tag line)
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To: aculeus
Excellent!
9 posted on 02/15/2003 1:53:04 PM PST by Free_at_last_-2001 (is clinton in jail yet?)
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To: aculeus
Ha! this was a really funny idea! Sort of gives you hope. Go smart-alecks of the future, go!
10 posted on 02/15/2003 1:53:49 PM PST by Puddleglum
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To: dighton; general_re
Supporting Young Republicans bump.
11 posted on 02/15/2003 1:56:57 PM PST by aculeus
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To: aculeus
Awesome! bump
12 posted on 02/15/2003 1:57:04 PM PST by In God I trust
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To: wirestripper
LOL! I suppose sarcasm is lost on liberal idiots.

There's nothing sarcastic in what the Bruin Republicans did, it's classic satire.

Good satire is effective because it resonates within human minds -- there is no defense against good satire.

13 posted on 02/15/2003 1:58:06 PM PST by thinktwice
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To: aculeus
"I am deeply saddened and disheartened at the activities of the Bruin Republicans," he said.

Shows they hit the Dem's where it hurts. A signal that 'we' should all do more of such things.

BTW, constructionist Hispanic and African-American judge candidates would have to pay $1,000 per cookie.

14 posted on 02/15/2003 1:58:08 PM PST by unspun (Miguel Estrada? --- What are you going to do about him, Sen. Feinstein?)
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To: dighton; general_re
males of minority descent

Perhaps he meant minorities of male descent?

15 posted on 02/15/2003 1:59:27 PM PST by aculeus
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To: aculeus
I'm surprised the liberals complained about this. After all, white males are getting charged at least four times as much as any non-whites (actually 8X what a non-white female paid). So what are they mad about, except that they didn't think of it first?
16 posted on 02/15/2003 2:02:00 PM PST by ZOOKER
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To: aculeus
"It is a shame that Republicans at UCLA have chosen to mimic the extreme views of their Republican leaders," Torres said.

I applaud them for mocking Torres' dim leaders.

"They're focusing only on how it can hurt.

A chink in her brainwashing, she admits that it can hurt.

17 posted on 02/15/2003 2:02:55 PM PST by StriperSniper (Start heating the TAR, I'll go get the FEATHERS.)
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To: aculeus
""They're focusing only on how it can hurt. A diverse student body is something we should strive for, and affirmative action can help," she said."

for all you non-leftists let me translate, "The ends justify the means"
18 posted on 02/15/2003 2:04:06 PM PST by Texas_Jarhead
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To: aculeus; All
anyone know what the removed post said? just curious...
19 posted on 02/15/2003 2:05:05 PM PST by Texas_Jarhead
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To: aculeus
Simply brilliant.

(News suppressed by ABC, NBC, CBS, and CNN).

20 posted on 02/15/2003 2:05:06 PM PST by pabianice
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