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> Look, whether we like it or not, VCs prefer white or asian founders over black or hispanic founders. Something something correlation, causation... I mean lo
by xienze 12y ago
> Look, whether we like it or not, VCs prefer white or asian founders over black or hispanic founders.
Something something correlation, causation...
I mean look at the YC numbers here. When 90+% of your applicants are white or Asian that's going to be reflected in the final numbers unless you actively favor a certain group of applicants over another.
We're talking about greedy VCs. Not a single one of them is listening to a pitch and going "man this is a billion dollar idea, but they're _black_, ugh..."