Heather Mac Donald
Half Baked
UC Berkeley’s diversity machine loses its mind over cupcakes.
28 September 2011
Tuesday’s now infamous affirmative-action bake sale at the University of California at Berkeley is unlikely to dissuade Governor Jerry Brown from signing a bill that would reintroduce race and gender preferences into the state’s public universities. It has nevertheless served one useful function: it has clarified just what Berkeley’s vice chancellor for equity and diversity does for his whopping $194,000 annual salary. "..............
Maybe I am just insensitive, but I love the bake sale idea.
You could also do it with our current tax system, if you are a job creator and producer, someone who risks their wealth, you have to pay $20 for your cupcake. A guy who hasn't worked in 99 months? He gets to pay a nickel each, but the producer has to supply that nickel.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
