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Ironically, in the context of this conversation, I’m both a white male in tech and also a minority in the city I live in. If someone set up a white male VC fun
by grew-grew-grew 8y ago
Ironically, in the context of this conversation, I’m both a white male in tech and also a minority in the city I live in.
If someone set up a white male VC fund I wouldn’t touch it with a ten foot pole.
I’ve dealt with plenty of racism, on the job and just living my life, but I understand that being a minority means dealing with (often unconscious) biases.
Is this ok? No, people should be better.
But I would never take a handout as contentious as this. The message here, regardless of intention, is that black women cannot compete on merit.
- didibus 8y agoWhat city is that?
- iovrthoughtthis 8y ago> The message here, regardless of intention, is that black women cannot compete on merit. You might infer that if you assume that everyone assesses merits without bias. I would argue that this is not the case and that black women’s merits are not assesses without bias.
- amaccuish 8y ago> But I would never take a handout as contentious as this. That's your choice. > is that black women cannot compete on merit. If woman of colour could compete on merit alone, I'm sure we'd see greater numbers in tech, but we don't. Unless you believe that people of colour are inherently incapable of these jobs, which I'm sure you don't :)