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According to one bake sale student leader, the goal of the technique is to "bring the issue of affirmative action down to everyday terms."<ref name=DailyBruin>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070208102115/http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/2003/feb/14/democrats-riled-by-race--gende/ Democrats riled by race-, gender-biased bake sale], Daily Bruin</ref> |
According to one bake sale student leader, the goal of the technique is to "bring the issue of affirmative action down to everyday terms."<ref name=DailyBruin>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070208102115/http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/2003/feb/14/democrats-riled-by-race--gende/ Democrats riled by race-, gender-biased bake sale], Daily Bruin</ref> |
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These bake sales have been organized at many schools across the U.S., sometimes annually. Affirmative action bake sales have also taken place at the [[University of Pretoria]] in [[South Africa]], the latest (in 2008) having been forcibly broken up by campus security.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090501140947/http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0 |
These bake sales have been organized at many schools across the U.S., sometimes annually. Affirmative action bake sales have also taken place at the [[University of Pretoria]] in [[South Africa]], the latest (in 2008) having been forcibly broken up by campus security.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090501140947/http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0%2C%2C2-7-1442_2304390%2C00.html 'AA/BEE' cake sale broken up (News24)]</ref> |
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==Similarity to Wage Gap Bake Sales== |
==Similarity to Wage Gap Bake Sales== |
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The [[American Association of University Women]] recommends that [[Equal Pay Day]] be celebrated by hosting an event where women receive a 20% discount in order "to raise awareness and provoke conversation about fair pay"<ref>{{cite web|last1=Holden|first1=Elizabeth|title=How to “Celebrate” Equal Pay Day|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420210822/http://www.aauw.org/resource/how-to-equal-pay-day/ |
The [[American Association of University Women]] recommends that [[Equal Pay Day]] be celebrated by hosting an event where women receive a 20% discount in order "to raise awareness and provoke conversation about fair pay"<ref>{{cite web|last1=Holden |first1=Elizabeth |title=How to “Celebrate” Equal Pay Day |url=http://www.aauw.org/resource/how-to-equal-pay-day/ |website=American Association of University Women |accessdate=20 April 2017 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420210822/http://www.aauw.org/resource/how-to-equal-pay-day/ |archivedate=20 April 2017 }}</ref>. |
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==Reception== |
==Reception== |
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The bake sales have met opposition, drawing crowds of students, sometimes facing opposition or restriction from campus administrations,<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|last=Jones |first=Ashby |url=http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2009/06/23/bucknell-and-the-affirmative-action-bakesale/ |title=Bucknell and the ‘Affirmative-Action Bakesale’ - Law Blog — WSJ |publisher=Blogs.wsj.com |date=2009-06-23 |accessdate=2011-09-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bucknell.edu/x49604.xml |title=BUCC donut sale rejected by administration || The Bucknellian || Bucknell University |publisher=Bucknell.edu |date=2009-04-24 |accessdate=2011-09-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://thefire.org/article/12461.html |title=John Stossel Discusses Bucknell's 'Affirmative Action Bake Sale' (and His Own) with Fox News' Megyn Kelly; Watch FIRE on 'Stossel' Tonight |publisher=FIRE |date=2010-11-11 |accessdate=2011-09-28}}</ref> often being accused of [[racism]], and sometimes even being attacked.<ref name="CNN 2003">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080116131828/http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/12/24/affirmative.bake.sale.ap/ Bake sales used to protest affirmative action], CNN, December 24, 2003 BROKEN LINK</ref> Additionally, some administrators have been accused of [[censorship]] and inappropriately advocating a political position.<ref name="CNN 2003"/> |
The bake sales have met opposition, drawing crowds of students, sometimes facing opposition or restriction from campus administrations,<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|last=Jones |first=Ashby |url=http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2009/06/23/bucknell-and-the-affirmative-action-bakesale/ |title=Bucknell and the ‘Affirmative-Action Bakesale’ - Law Blog — WSJ |publisher=Blogs.wsj.com |date=2009-06-23 |accessdate=2011-09-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bucknell.edu/x49604.xml |title=BUCC donut sale rejected by administration || The Bucknellian || Bucknell University |publisher=Bucknell.edu |date=2009-04-24 |accessdate=2011-09-28 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910212157/http://www.bucknell.edu/x49604.xml |archivedate=2012-09-10 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://thefire.org/article/12461.html |title=John Stossel Discusses Bucknell's 'Affirmative Action Bake Sale' (and His Own) with Fox News' Megyn Kelly; Watch FIRE on 'Stossel' Tonight |publisher=FIRE |date=2010-11-11 |accessdate=2011-09-28}}</ref> often being accused of [[racism]], and sometimes even being attacked.<ref name="CNN 2003">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080116131828/http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/12/24/affirmative.bake.sale.ap/ Bake sales used to protest affirmative action], CNN, December 24, 2003 BROKEN LINK</ref> Additionally, some administrators have been accused of [[censorship]] and inappropriately advocating a political position.<ref name="CNN 2003"/> |
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Responding to an affirmative action bake sale being attacked at the University of Washington, the school's Board of Regents President Jerry Grinstein presented the opinion of many opponents of these events when he described "the statements [...] in putting on a bake sale about affirmative action were tasteless, divisive and hurtful to many members of the university community."<ref name="CNN 2003"/> The student leader of a bake sale at UCLA addressed this issue of divisiveness, saying "we wanted to show how affirmative action is racial division, not racial reconciliation."<ref name=DailyBruin /> Similarly, administrators at [[Bucknell University]] claimed that the bake sales violated the [[private university]]'s discrimination policy.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> |
Responding to an affirmative action bake sale being attacked at the University of Washington, the school's Board of Regents President Jerry Grinstein presented the opinion of many opponents of these events when he described "the statements [...] in putting on a bake sale about affirmative action were tasteless, divisive and hurtful to many members of the university community."<ref name="CNN 2003"/> The student leader of a bake sale at UCLA addressed this issue of divisiveness, saying "we wanted to show how affirmative action is racial division, not racial reconciliation."<ref name=DailyBruin /> Similarly, administrators at [[Bucknell University]] claimed that the bake sales violated the [[private university]]'s discrimination policy.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> |
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Revision as of 15:00, 27 June 2017
An affirmative action bake sale is a type of campus protest event used by student groups to performatively criticize affirmative action policies by charging students different prices depending on which social or racial group they belong to. It has also been used to raise awareness of racial or sexual wage gaps.
Methodology
The bake sales offer to sell cookies at different prices depending on the customer's race and sex, imitating racial and sexual orientation practices of affirmative action. A hypothetical pricing structure would be to charge $1.00 for White and Asian males, $.75 for White and Asian females, $.50 for Latino, Black, and Native American males and $.25 for Latino, Black, and Native American females for identical items.
According to one bake sale student leader, the goal of the technique is to "bring the issue of affirmative action down to everyday terms."[1]
These bake sales have been organized at many schools across the U.S., sometimes annually. Affirmative action bake sales have also taken place at the University of Pretoria in South Africa, the latest (in 2008) having been forcibly broken up by campus security.[2]
Similarity to Wage Gap Bake Sales
The American Association of University Women recommends that Equal Pay Day be celebrated by hosting an event where women receive a 20% discount in order "to raise awareness and provoke conversation about fair pay"[3].
Reception
The bake sales have met opposition, drawing crowds of students, sometimes facing opposition or restriction from campus administrations,[4][5][6] often being accused of racism, and sometimes even being attacked.[7] Additionally, some administrators have been accused of censorship and inappropriately advocating a political position.[7]
Responding to an affirmative action bake sale being attacked at the University of Washington, the school's Board of Regents President Jerry Grinstein presented the opinion of many opponents of these events when he described "the statements [...] in putting on a bake sale about affirmative action were tasteless, divisive and hurtful to many members of the university community."[7] The student leader of a bake sale at UCLA addressed this issue of divisiveness, saying "we wanted to show how affirmative action is racial division, not racial reconciliation."[1] Similarly, administrators at Bucknell University claimed that the bake sales violated the private university's discrimination policy.[4]
Other criticisms of the concept claim that these bake sales do not take into account ingrained social factors that favor white people. An opinion column in the Houston Chronicle after a similar sale took place at Texas A&M University held that "Actions like these reinforce the common misconception that affirmative action policies give academically unqualified minority students a get-into-college-free card, and they ignore historical discrimination that denied nonwhites opportunities to be successful at any price, no matter their talents or intelligence." The editorial also praised school officials for not shutting down the sale.[8]
At the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, the Graduate and Professional Students of Color student organization responded to a bake sale held by the Students for Individual Liberty[9] by holding a White Privilege popcorn giveaway where white males received a full bag of popcorn, while women and non-whites received 1/3 of a bag.[10]
See also
References
- ^ a b Democrats riled by race-, gender-biased bake sale, Daily Bruin
- ^ 'AA/BEE' cake sale broken up (News24)
- ^ Holden, Elizabeth. "How to "Celebrate" Equal Pay Day". American Association of University Women. Archived from the original on 20 April 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b Jones, Ashby (2009-06-23). "Bucknell and the 'Affirmative-Action Bakesale' - Law Blog — WSJ". Blogs.wsj.com. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
- ^ "BUCC donut sale rejected by administration || The Bucknellian || Bucknell University". Bucknell.edu. 2009-04-24. Archived from the original on 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "John Stossel Discusses Bucknell's 'Affirmative Action Bake Sale' (and His Own) with Fox News' Megyn Kelly; Watch FIRE on 'Stossel' Tonight". FIRE. 2010-11-11. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
- ^ a b c Bake sales used to protest affirmative action, CNN, December 24, 2003 BROKEN LINK
- ^ Staff (2003-10-19). "Cookie sale was half-baked affirmative action protest". Houston Chronicle. p. D4.
- ^ The Alan Keyes Reparations Bakesale, Students for Individual Liberty, 19 October 2004
- ^ Organizations hosts 'White Privilege' popcorn giveaway, The Daily Illini