You remember the Affirmative Action Bake Sales used at various colleges a couple years ago to highlight the absurdity and utterly racist nature of affirmative action programs, don't you? You know, the ones that caused all sorts of hate and discontent among leftists, some of whom engaged in acts of violence against the conservative sponsors -- and some of which even got their universities to take action against the non-PC offenders?

Well, what do you have to say about this event?

Students were treated to free pizza in the Student Union on Thursday afternoon, courtesy of the UB NAACP. Where they were allowed to sit, however, was based on race and ethnicity.

The NAACP hosted an event called the "Segregated Café," a simulation of past eras in which segregation existed in the United States. The mock-up featured a restaurant setting with separate dining tables and serving areas for minority and white students.

Patrons were directed to their correct places according to their race, separating many lunching companions. Reactions started off confused and quickly turned to nervous and upset. However, there was a general understanding of the experiment.

"I think something like this is good to do because we get to experience what it was like in the past," said Clyde Strokes, a sophomore business major who was forced to sit in the minority section. "But I'm still pissed."

Strokes' was referring to the rude treatment and unsightly décor encountered by those at the minority section, including ripped paper plates on the tables and pepperoni on the floor. Minority students were served half a slice of Franco's pizza and a trickle of soda in plastic cup, while white students were allowed a whole, or even multiple slices of pizza and soda served in champagne glasses.

First, this does not even begin to simulate conditions DECADES IN THE PAST. Second, why no actions against the NAACP chapter for daring to provide unequal treatment based upon race? Could it be that since their motives were pure as the PC snow and intended to promote liberal victimology, there was a conscious decision to allow the event to proceed without intervention by the university? And this is the second year the event has been held, so the school knew what it w3as about and the severe violation of campus non-discrimination rules it constituted.

Oh, and I'll point out another obvious difference -- conservative students didn't engage in a single act of violence against the NAACP -- and probably supported the goal of reminding the campus community about the evils of Democrat-imposed and supported Jim Crow laws and practices.

Hey -- free speech is free speech, even if it is repulsive and designed to keep hate alive. And unfortunately, that seems to have been the goal of the NAACP.

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