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You might be want to read http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2349477 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2349477

by nbpoole 16y ago

citizenkeys 16y ago
I read that. I was bothered by the fact that pg himself didn't comment on it. I was able to conclude there's one, maybe two, black co-founders that have ever made it into Y Combinator. I'm currently taking a human resources recruiting class for an MBA program. Although there's no discrimination laws on private investments, it still bothers me that a private investment firm asks people to submit a video with their application for funding. It seems discriminatory and the effects of YC's selection process clearly indicate "disparate impact".
- burgerbrain 16y ago
  Far more disturbing, I notice the stunning absence of flaming redheads with fantastic fros. "it still bothers me that a private investment firm asks people to submit a video" Oh give me a break... Does it also disturb you that companies generally demand in-person interviews before making a hiring decision?
  - citizenkeys 16y ago
    No, because the decision to interview is made subsequent to a presumably non-biased application. Asking people to show you their skin color (and age, and gender, and disabilities, etc) on a job application is, if nothing else, against the federal Civil Rights Act. Although YC isn't hiring for jobs, screening people for funding based on skin color, age, gender, and other physical characteristics on the application itself is still wrong. In YC's case, if they don't like the look of you then you don't even get an interview. YC's decision to interview is based on natural bias of whether you look like paulg, paulb, robert, jessica, harj, or trevor. There's a word for that: "prejudice".
    - burgerbrain 16y ago
      "In YC's case, if they don't like the look of you then you don't even get an interview." You have absolutely no evidence for these accusations, unless you have data which you are not sharing with us. In a more serious discussion avenue, the post you've just made could be considered libelous.
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You might be want to read http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2349477 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2349477

by nbpoole 16y ago

You might be want to read http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2349477 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2349477

I read that. I was bothered by the fact that pg himself didn't comment on it. I was able to conclude there's one, maybe two, black co-founders that have ever made it into Y Combinator. I'm currently taking a human resources recruiting class for an MBA program. Although there's no discrimination laws on private investments, it still bothers me that a private investment firm asks people to submit a video with their application for funding. It seems discriminatory and the effects of YC's selection process clearly indicate "disparate impact".

burgerbrain 16y ago
Far more disturbing, I notice the stunning absence of flaming redheads with fantastic fros. "it still bothers me that a private investment firm asks people to submit a video" Oh give me a break... Does it also disturb you that companies generally demand in-person interviews before making a hiring decision?
- citizenkeys 16y ago
  No, because the decision to interview is made subsequent to a presumably non-biased application. Asking people to show you their skin color (and age, and gender, and disabilities, etc) on a job application is, if nothing else, against the federal Civil Rights Act. Although YC isn't hiring for jobs, screening people for funding based on skin color, age, gender, and other physical characteristics on the application itself is still wrong. In YC's case, if they don't like the look of you then you don't even get an interview. YC's decision to interview is based on natural bias of whether you look like paulg, paulb, robert, jessica, harj, or trevor. There's a word for that: "prejudice".
  - burgerbrain 16y ago
    "In YC's case, if they don't like the look of you then you don't even get an interview." You have absolutely no evidence for these accusations, unless you have data which you are not sharing with us. In a more serious discussion avenue, the post you've just made could be considered libelous.

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