A provocative bake sale designed to satirize affirmative action resulted in no fisticuffs Tuesday , but it did prompt a sellout of 300 cupcakes and some heated debate at the University of California at Berkeley , the bake sale organizer said . `` The biggest thing is that no violence broke out . There was no physical situation , which is really great , '' Berkeley College Republicans President Shawn Lewis said Tuesday afternoon , as the bake sale was nearing an end . `` We sold out of cupcakes , and I think we have some ( of the 200 ) cookies left , '' Lewis told CNN . `` Beside from selling cupcakes , there was a lot of conversations between people , '' Lewis said . `` There were some aggressive people who came up with angry things to say , but there was no violence . '' In light of recent threats made against supporters of the group , college Republicans from several other California universities showed up by the carloads and volunteered to help staff the event , held on a campus plaza , Lewis said . The flagship campus of the University of California system was the state epicenter Tuesday in the debate over affirmative action and college admissions . On one side , the Berkeley College Republicans hosted their `` Increase Diversity Bake Sale '' -- a satirical event that charged customers different prices based on race and gender . Yards away , Berkeley 's student government -- the Associated Students of the University of California -- hosted a phone bank in support of SB 185 , state legislation that would allow California universities to consider race , gender , ethnicity and national origin during the admissions process . Neither side backed down . During the sale , scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. , baked goods were sold to white men for $ 2 , Asian men for $ 1.50 , Latino men for $ 1 , black men for 75 cents and Native American men for 25 cents . All women received 25 cents off those prices . `` We agree that the event is inherently racist , but that is the point , '' Lewis wrote in response to upheaval over the bake sale . `` It is no more racist than giving an individual an advantage in college admissions based solely on their race ( or ) gender . '' ASUC President Vishalli Loomba said many students who attended a community meeting Monday night expressed disgust that the bake sale would take place . `` As a woman of color , when I first saw the event , I was appalled someone would post something like this on the Internet -- not only a different pay structure , but also to rank the races , '' she said . `` It trivializes the struggles that people have been through and their histories . '' Lewis said he agreed a ranking system for races is n't fair -- not for bake sales , and not in other aspects of life . `` The purpose of the pricing structure ... is to cause people to disagree with this kind of preferential treatment , '' Lewis said . `` We want people to say no race is above another race , or no race is below another one . Why put one over the other ? Why rank them that way ? '' Before the sale , Lewis said his group would n't enforce the price list . `` If a white guy comes up and says , ' I want the price from an African-American female , ' we absolutely give him that price , '' he said . There can be complications with self-identifying a race -- especially if a person is multiracial , Lewis said . Events similar to the Berkeley bake sale have taken place at other colleges across the country , generally organized by college Republican groups . In some cases -- such as at Berkeley -- the plan sparked controversy and protests . Other times , university officials stepped in . At Bucknell University in Pennsylvania , officials shut down a similar bake sale on campus . Officials at The College of William and Mary in Virginia cut off a cookie sale , saying they were `` shocked and appalled . '' The University of California , Irvine , shut down a bake sale on campus , saying it was discriminatory . And a bake sale at Southern Methodist University in Texas was shut down after 45 minutes because of what officials called an `` unsafe environment , '' according to local reports . Loomba , Berkeley 's student government president , said she is concerned about students potentially feeling ostracized due to the bake sale . `` I have heard that from numerous students who have said this makes students feel unwelcome on campus , '' she said . `` For that reason alone , we should think about what events we have on campus . '' Lewis said the bake sale at Berkeley was unanimously agreed upon by the club , whose leadership includes Asian and Hispanic students and whose membership represents a `` wide variety of ethnic backgrounds . '' `` More than half of the voices were female , '' he added . Berkeley 's student government held an emergency senate meeting Sunday to discuss the issue and passed a resolution that , in part , `` condemns the use of discrimination whether it is in satire or in seriousness by any student group . '' `` I completely support the idea of BCR -- or any students on campus -- ( having ) political discussion , '' Loomba said . `` I think student members of BCR have a full right to express their feelings , but I do n't necessarily think this tactic is constructive . '' As for where the bake sale proceeds will go , Lewis said the College Republicans are considering several charities . But `` because of all this controversy , we do n't want to advertise the organization , '' he said . `` We do n't want to cause them problems . ''
No problems occur at satirical bake sale -- just hot debate , organizer says . Bake sale supports a bill that would allow race and gender to be considered in admissions . Group leader : ` ` We agree that the event is inherently racist , but that is the truth '' Berkeley 's city government countered with a call - in supporting the bill , SB ##10 .