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but it<u+2019>s perfectly acceptable when liberals do something similar to highlight their point. 




from fox news : the young conservatives of texas club at the university of texas at austin sparked outrage wednesday after hosting an <u+201c>affirmative action bake sale<u+201d> and charging people different prices based on their race and sex. 




the dallas morning news reported that a cookie at the sale cost $1.50 for asian males, $1 for white males and 50 cents for african-american and hispanic males. native american men and women were given free cookies. 




asian women had to pay $1.25, white women 75 cents and hispanic and african-american women 25 cents. 




the club drew heavy scrutiny from a crowd of hundreds, but it insisted that the bake sale was a protest against the <u+201c>institutionalized racism<u+201d> of affirmative action programs at colleges and universities . some in the crowd chanted <u+201c>racists go home.<u+201d> 




<u+201c>our protest was designed to highlight the insanity of assigning our lives value based on our race and ethnicity, rather than our talents, work ethic and intelligence,<u+201d> club chairman vidal casta<u+00f1>eda said. <u+201c>it is insane that institutional racism, such as affirmative action, continues to allow for universities to judge me by the color of my skin rather than my actions.<u+201d> gregory vincent 




according to the paper, the young conservatives of texas came under fire in 2013 for holding a similar bake sale. the university<u+2019>s vice president for diversity and community engagement gregory j. vincent called that sale <u+201c>deplorable.<u+201d> 




this time, vincent said this bake sale was <u+201c>inflammatory and demeaning.<u+201d> 




<u+201c>yet focusing our attention on the provocative nature of the yct<u+2019>s actions ignores a much more important issue: they create an environment of exclusion and disrespect among our students, faculty and staff ,<u+201d> he said. 




he further questioned the club<u+2019>s motive behind the bake sale. <u+201c>in seeking an audience for their ideas, the yct resorted to exercising one of the university<u+2019>s core values to the detriment of others,<u+201d> he added. <u+201c>such actions are counterproductive to true dialogue on our campus, and it is unrepresentative of the ideals toward which our community strives.<u+201d> 




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