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What's negative about saying this would "chill applications from startups working on problems not relating to white western males'? If Thiel was supporting a ca
by bbctol 10y ago
What's negative about saying this would "chill applications from startups working on problems not relating to white western males'? If Thiel was supporting a candidate who was chauvinistically in favor of black women, it would be fine to worry about people from other backgrounds being excluded. But he isn't (in part because such a candidate doesn't exist.)
- xupybd 10y agoI guess my point is a bit of a straw man, but I'd expect backlash if someone did make a statement like "chill applications from startups working on problems not relating to black women". This is probably just me making assumptions.