In terms of tax dollars, I'm disappointed that I had to pay for this to begin with. It's a waste of money. I highly doubt Palantir did any kind discrimination

In terms of tax dollars, I'm disappointed that I had to pay for this to begin with. It's a waste of money. I highly doubt Palantir did any kind discrimination based on race. The initial demographics of the founders and the early team has a large impact on the rest of the hires in my experience at previous startups. Main reason being that the early people are more prone to hire from referrals in their network of people they know. Some things to consider: P(qualified | referral) > P(qualified | all applicants) P(same race | referral) > P(different race | referral) and thus: P(hire | referral applicant) > P(hire | all applicants) I don't see any evidence of malicious or specific racial discrimination.