we shared the stats on founders born outside the US. it's not a perfect map to race, but it's not a bad one either--there are people of all colors in this YC batch.
do you really think we are trying to "score points for 'addressing diversity'"?
i had an early draft titled "sexism and startups", but many people pointed out the last 7 paragraphs apply to racial minorities just as much as women.
do you really think we are trying to "score points for 'addressing diversity'"?
That's the net effect; it's not my place to impute a motive.
All I'm saying is that you wrote a piece about sexism and titled it as if it were about a broader topic. And I know that you're usually a sharp, precise writer.
I do recognize that none of this is easy and I think it's admirable that you've addressed this (very thorny) topic. You've said that you plan to address the other aspects of diversity as it relates to YC and I'm looking forward to reading about it.
>"we shared the stats on founders born outside the US. it's not a perfect map to race, but it's not a bad one either."
It's pretty well established that there are lots of people who were born outside the US in tech in general [1] and among founders specifically [2].
Simply noting the same isn't necessarily saying anything.
>"there are people of all colors in this YC batch."
That's great.
Seeing numbers broken out by ethnicity would be a lot more interesting as it would facilitate a more direct comparison to the rest of the recent releases on diversity.
do you really think we are trying to "score points for 'addressing diversity'"?
i had an early draft titled "sexism and startups", but many people pointed out the last 7 paragraphs apply to racial minorities just as much as women.