NEW : Other colleges across the country have held similar events . The sale is meant to protest a bill that would allow the consideration of race and gender in admissions . `` For that reason alone , we should think about what events we have on campus . '' Berkeley 's student government is hosting a call - in to rally support for the bill . Campus Democrats ' president : ` ` We acknowledge that the event is inherently racist , but that is the truth ''
NEW : Other colleges across the country have held similar events . The sale is meant to protest a bill that would allow the consideration of race and gender in admissions . Berkeley 's student government is hosting a call - in to rally support for the bill . Campus Democrats ' president : ` ` We acknowledge that the event is inherently racist , but that is the truth ''