# I Pit LHOD and his thread re: AA in schools **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 4, 2009, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-lhod-and-his-thread-re-aa-in-schools/498658 "2009-06-04T02:59:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 68
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-lhod-and-his-thread-re-aa-in-schools/498658/68 "2009-06-04T19:02:59Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > Well, I disagree with affirmative action except in very specific cases when there is a blindingly obvious problem. I’d rather see some sort of voluntary program to encourage teaching as a career. If black people wanted those jobs they are certainly capable of competing on their own merits without laws to give them an advantage. The intent of the program, though, in this case is not to give an advantage to the job applicant – it’s to get a job applicant with a particular set of characteristics. In other words, if I were casting a movie about the life of Thurgood Marshall, I would audition black actors for the part – not to give some advantage to black actors to make up for all the discrimination in Hollywood, but because I needed a black actor to play the part of Thurgood Marshall. I do not express an opinion on the thesis that having black male teachers would serve as role models for young black children, except to say that it doesn’t seem inherently incredible to me. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-lhod-and-his-thread-re-aa-in-schools/498658)._