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Young Conservatives of Texas’ bake sale mocking affirmative action draws protest

Students gather on the west mall to confront the Young Conservatives of Texas student organization over a controversial bake sale Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016, on The University of Texas campus in Austin. The Young Conservatives of Texas chapter at the University of Texas-Austin sparked the protest with an affirmative action bake sale. The club encouraged students to ‚ "buy a cookie from us and talk about the disastrous policy that is affirmative action.". Joshua Guerra/The Daily Texan via AP

AUSTIN, Texas — A conservative students group’s bake sale parodying affirmative action has drawn a crowd of 300 protesters at the University of Texas in Austin.

The Young Conservatives of Texas mounted the anti-affirmative action bake sale on campus about 11 a.m. Wednesday. Items were priced in tiers, divided by race and gender.

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The Daily Texan, the independent campus newspaper, reported that protesters began to gather about an hour later to debate with the sale participants. Protesters chanted, “Racists go home!”

The sale drew criticism from Gregory Vincent, the university vice president for diversity and community engagement. He accused the Young Conservatives of “creating an environment of exclusion and disrespect” among the university students, faculty and staff.”

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