> The personal account here seems to conflate the possible race factor and the definite business factors that go into a pass. I'm curious how can you actually

> The personal account here seems to conflate the possible race factor and the definite business factors that go into a pass. I'm curious how can you actually determine that if you haven't actually ever been passed on for being black? > It's up to us, the readers, to decide whether or not we agree with the author's analysis. Actually its not. I've never menstruated in my life, but if a woman tells me about her experience of menstruation (as long as it matches the data), I really can't dispute it since because I have zero context to determine anything past cold hard fact. And the fact is that the numbers are pretty stark when it comes to black founders being funded by Venture capitalists ... And no. I'm not going to provide you the data. Educate yourself a little on the topic ;)