Berkeley bake sale sparking racism, sexism arguments
A bake sale in California is pricing their products based on the customer's ethnicity or gender. Threats have been made towards the bake sale organizers in response to their "biast" prices.
I'll be honest, this article just makes me laugh. It clearly shows how sensitive people are when it comes to their racial background. So friggin what if you're Hispanic and a muffin costs you 50 cents more than what you would pay if you were Asian? According to the menu prices, all white customers have to pay slightly more than all of the other races on the list when purchasing any of the baked goods. I myself happened to be white and it does feel a little unfair and biast too but you won't see me starting a riot or bad mouthing at the employees.
Seriously, what makes people think that after seeing something SO small as the price of a muffin that they feel the need to take it upon themselves to defend the 'good name' of their race? And this isn't something so controversial or depriving as not being able to vote or being forced to give up your seat on the bus depending on the colour of your skin. If it was, then all those deeply offended people would easily have my sympathy. But it's not. It's a friggin bake sale. It's nothing worth getting all dramatic over. Although I am curious how they would calculate the total cost of something being bought by someone that was half-white half-Asian . . . . .
The moral here is that you shouldn't let your pride (as infatuated as it may be) cloud your decision making. Don't like it? Don't buy it. It's just that simple.
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