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The unions tried to fix it and turn directors in handing black actors a part in movies.
It didn't always work too well, Afro-American actors landed parts that were not interesting at all (I like Moses Gunn for his parts in Wild Rovers and Remember My Name + he was a big stage actor, but what he was given in Rollerball is an insult). The guy who listens to the hero and asks a few questions to help said hero to reach the conclusion the audience had already guessed.
A bit like when an actress had to play the hero's wife, when it was either "don't do it Bill, think about your family" or "do it Bill, don't think about your family, you're a hero" before returning to the kitchen.
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