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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Absolutely, but that stems from positive discrimination in selecting actors, does it not?
Pochin was right to call it out.
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No, your conflating the two issues.
The advertisers wanted black actors specifically because of the immutable characteristic of their skin colour, nothing to do with any skills.
It's like cats complaining they weren't considered in the lead role of Lassie.
Positive discrimination works like, you want 50% parity between black engineers and white engineers.
Through a recruitment process, you end up with two candidates that are equal in capability in every way. You then give a casting weight to their skin colour. Black guy gets it.
Although I can guarantee you one thing, it would never happen the other way.