> Does being in one of those groups give you an advantage when applying, a la affirmative action? Probably not. What's really weird about it is that YC is int

> Does being in one of those groups give you an advantage when applying, a la affirmative action? Probably not. What's really weird about it is that YC is international and they are applying US ethnic labels (and representation levels) to international companies. i.e. 54% of Latinx founded companies are in Latin America and 60% of Black-founded companies are in Africa. (per directory: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?batch=w2020&batch=W22 https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?batch=w2020&batch=W22) Which means the underrepresented/overrepresented doesn't even make sense (except for US-facing political reasons). If you use the world population as your benchmark: * Latino founders are if anything slightly overrepresented (10% of world; 12% of founders) * South Asian founders should be considered underrepresented (22% of world; 15% of founders) * Assuming "Asian" means East or southeast Asia, such founders are also underrepresented (28% of world; 18% of founders) Alternatively, YC should do what universities do and only report ethnic data for American companies.