<p>TheHutt, your post has some flaws. Let’s assume that a college acceptance letter from Berkeley is worth an amount of money, value, etc. Let’s say $1. Let’s say a rejection letter is worth 0. Therefore, if you discriminate by race through AA and give out acceptance letters to people of color with “lesser stats” then you are showing that you value them more than the people you reject by giving the people of color something that is worth $1 more. This shows that affirmative action by race directly does make whites and Asians “worth less” by valuing their similar accomplishments less and giving them no recognition of value (and giving them a 0 value rejection letter) as apposed to the colored individual who you designate as “worth more” by giving them a valuable piece of paper (the acceptance). So yes, while not the best of examples I agree, the bake sale does actually directly and very accurately parallel affirmative action.</p>