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Revision as of 19:22, 24 March 2007
The Affirmative Action Bake Sale was an event organized by the Columbia College Conservative Club in 2004.
The club set up a stall selling baked goods at different prices to men and women of different races. The highest prices were charged for Asian men(?) and the lowest to black women (?). This was intended to highlight different treatment of different students by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions under the university's affirmative action policy.
The event resulted in a confrontation between students during which a student unaffiliated with C4 reportedly shouted "You don't deserve to be here!" (Citation? Verification?)
The incident was one of number which were cited as the cause for the Race Protest, 2004.
