I think sexism and racism play a part. I'm a white man and I wouldn't wish to swap that with any other race or sex because my experience tells me that other rac

I think sexism and racism play a part. I'm a white man and I wouldn't wish to swap that with any other race or sex because my experience tells me that other races and sexes face more obstacles, are taken less seriously. Which means they have to put on more work to get the same results. I don't think that means I owe anybody anything because of who I am, nor that I need to feel guilty anyway. But I would try to get beyond my own internalized biases when interacting with people. From what I can sense about being other race or sex, if I were, I wouldn't want to apply for funding since I'd assume the game was rigged, mostly. I'd just try to go my own way. But that just me. After applying to YC and funding a few times and failing, that's pretty much what I'm doing anyway. If anyone is having trouble sensing the barriers of race and sex, you could try asking yourself, would I want to be another race and sex from what I am, to asses your own biases, and perceptions. That's what I did to realize I wouldn't want to swap it.