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Reading the thread back it would have been helpful if you had pointed out your insight a bit earlier. You posted on page 4 but did not lance the boil by correcting the assumption by all posters this was positive discrimination rather than what you now claim it is.

Apologies. Easy mistake to make given the way it was presented, and the way others reacted (for or against positive discrimination).

Oh, right. OK. The conversation had moved on a bit I thought. So you are saying this is a non story, with creative access merely being a 'non white' advocasy group who seek out non white candidates for positions that are otherwise adverised elsewhere and open to all. OK. Fine. Cheers.

Sorry, to what does 'this' refer? Yes, anyone can apply for any job (unless barred - see OP). I said I am against positive discrimination but I did not say getting rid of it would prevent anyone from applying for a job. The opposite, in fact. Maybe you have grasped the wrong end of my stick.

You know perfectly well that the right to play wheelchair basketball is not the same as the right of a man to experience childbirth. And, in terms of 'having more minorities in the workforce' I am stadfast that positive discrimination is discrimination. It was introduced in the US as a means to...

Seriously, I think that the pursuit of the absurd can only undermine a worthy cause. Symbolic of a struggle with reality? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R79yYo2aOZs

You are right up to a point (equality of opportunity). But not everyone can achieve the same results, with the best will in the world. Certain threshold requirements must be met (none of which should be based on race). Consider this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbnkY1tBvMU

Where I work (top uni in London) students in my faculty are way majority non 'white'. In pharmacy it is well over 95%. We do not positively discriminate. Th demographic reflects who applies and who gets the A levels. However if these clowns justify 'positive' discrimination based on ethnicity...