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...Maybe an Asian or Jewish woman thrown in once in a while.
Is it b/c there just aren't many? I would love to hear stories from black women founders, as well as their opinion of the coverage on this issue.
There's a whole accelerator of startups for under-represented demographics, including women and minorities: http://www.newmeaccelerator.com/
Women are women. Why separate ?
Well,that's exactly what I'm asking. When people who talk about women in tech, they use the phrase broadly. But you don't often see black women founders standing up in solidarity.
I am curious: 1) is it because there are very few founders, 2) they aren't as vocal, 3) or b/c we, the listeners don't pay attention?
Women are women. Why separate ?
I get the sense that they are lots of female entrepreneurs of colour, but largely invisible for some reason (self-imposed or otherwise).
There's a whole accelerator of startups for under-represented demographics, including women and minorities: http://www.newmeaccelerator.com/
Sweet. I figured there were programs for under-represented. I was wondering why there wasn't as much coverage on blogs, twitter, editorials, etc. I bet you will see 20-25 stories come through your feed about the struggles of women founders today. I doubt any of them will be about black women. Full Disclsoure: I'm not a black woman.
To use your example, if a company is run by a black woman, no responsible reporter is going to put in their article "Oh, and by the way, this company is run by a black woman." Just think of how negative that sounds.
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Sweet. I figured there were programs for under-represented. I was wondering why there wasn't as much coverage on blogs, twitter, editorials, etc. I bet you will see 20-25 stories come through your feed about the struggles of women founders today. I doubt any of them will be about black women. Full Disclsoure: I'm not a black woman.
I've had this discussion before: One reason you don't frequently hear about founders that are women and minorities is that journalists don't go out of their way to point out the physical characteristics of people. To do so would itself be potentially prejudicial. To use your example, if a company is run by a black woman, no responsible reporter is going to put in their article "Oh, and by the way, this company is run…