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Controversial cookies feed debate over affirmative action

Read the text and watch the video to answer the questions below:

1) Why did Bill SB185 generate a lot of controversy in the US?

2) How did College Republicans at UC Berkeley protest against Bill SB185?

3) What kind of reaction did the “diversity bake sale” provoke among students?

Protest an affirmative action bill…with brownies? College Republicans at UC Berkeley are taking heat for a stunt (штука, трюк) they're calling a “diversity bake sale.”

The students — who oppose a bill (SB185) on the governor’s desk that would let California’s public universities take race and gender into consideration in college admissions — are planning to sell baked goods on a sliding scale. (подвижная скала)

White students will pay the most for the sweet treats, $2, with Asian, Latino, black and American Indian students each paying less. Women of all races will also be given a discount on cookies and brownies.

According to Berkeley College Republicans' President Shawn Lewis, the bake sale "forces people to put themselves into one discrete category. They have to check a box next to an ethnicity or a race, and a lot of people are outraged by our event and our pricing structure because they say 'hey, I don't belong in any one of these groups, I'm actually part of three,' and we're saying 'yes, that's part of the point.'"

Student leaders on Berkeley's undergraduate council are condemning (осуждать) the bake sale.

"We really do believe that it's offensive and hurtful to many members of the community. If you look at the multi-tiered price structure of the pastries they're selling," student leader Joey Freeman said. "It really trivializes (опошлять) the struggle that many minorities students on this campus have gone through in their pursuit of higher education."

Beyond controversy over their tactics, the College Republicans intended to spur (подстрекать) debate about whether affirmative action is a good idea for California's public universities.

http://www.scpr.org/programs/patt-morrison/2011/09/27/20836/berkeleys-diversity-bake-sale-cheaper-cookies-for-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWu52sXC7aE

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