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OAKLEY, Calif. (AP) - A Freedom High School freshman has run up against opposition in her quest to start a Caucasian Club. A local NAACP leader says Lisa McClelland's proposed club, which would be open to all races and ethnicities, smacks of racial division, a charge the 15-year-old denies. McClelland says she and some of her friends simply feel a bit slighted since other school clubs cater to specific cultures and races, such as the Black Student Union and the Asian Club.

<p>Oakley (AP) - Lisa McClelland says she isn't a racist. She says her campaign for a Caucasian Club at Freedom High School in the eastern Contra Costa County town of Oakley is a move toward diversity, not bigotry.</p> <p>McClelland says everyone is invited - and nobody will be excluded.</p>

OAKLEY, Calif. -- Lisa McClelland says she isn't a racist. She says her campaign for a Caucasian Club at her California high school is a move toward diversity, not bigotry. SURVEY Should a California high school student be allowed to start a Caucasian Club? Yes, if there are other clubs like the Black Student Union and Asian Club she should be allowed to. No. There should be no clubs targeting any ethnic group. No. Only minorities should be able to have clubs targeting an ethnic group. She says everyone is invited -- and nobody will be excluded. McClelland's ethnic background...