Y Combinator to recruit more black entrepreneurs
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Y Combinator to recruit more black entrepreneurs
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#2Passive aggressive racism
Re: Y Combinator to recruit more black entrepreneurs
#3One of the things I love so much about being in the high tech world is its natural tendency for a (more) level playing field.
It shouldn't (and often doesn't) matter what you look like, where you came from, or who you are. What really matters is the value produced for others by what you do.
This sounds like a great step in promoting that property to those who may not have experienced it before. I have a feeling it may work out real well for lots of people.
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#4One of the things I love so much about being in the high tech world is its natural tendency for a (more) level playing field. It shouldn't (and often doesn't) matter what you look like, where you came from, or who you are. What really matters is the value produced for others by what you do . This sounds like a great step in promoting that property to those who may not have experienced it before. I have a feeling it m…
> It shouldn't (and often doesn't) matter what you look like
So why exactly do they need to recruit more black people? Instead of like, everyone?
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#5This is awesome. A diversity of people will bring a diversity of ideas. You can find highly intelligent, driven people from all walks of life, it's a shame that there's a process broken in self-selection for software engineering and bay area startups. Although it's probably not just diverse self-selection that needs work, I imagine there's probably forms of discrimination and roadblocks that privileged classes of the majority don't even recognize.
Re: Y Combinator to recruit more black entrepreneurs
#6This is awesome. A diversity of people will bring a diversity of ideas. You can find highly intelligent, driven people from all walks of life, it's a shame that there's a process broken in self-selection for software engineering and bay area startups. Although it's probably not just diverse self-selection that needs work, I imagine there's probably forms of discrimination and roadblocks that privileged classes of the…
So, as someone who is a privileged class of the majority (white, male, 25-49), what are the roadblocks?
If there's discrimination, isn't that purely the fault of the Y Combinator organisers (in this instance), and is this article then an admission that they've discriminated in the past?
Re: Y Combinator to recruit more black entrepreneurs
#7One of the things I love so much about being in the high tech world is its natural tendency for a (more) level playing field. It shouldn't (and often doesn't) matter what you look like, where you came from, or who you are. What really matters is the value produced for others by what you do . This sounds like a great step in promoting that property to those who may not have experienced it before. I have a feeling it m…
> It shouldn't (and often doesn't) matter what you look like So why exactly do they need to recruit more black people? Instead of like, everyone?
Part of it may be social networks. Recruiting "everyone" usually ends up being recruit "everyone you know". And social circles are often not terribly diverse: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/08/25/t...
Re: Y Combinator to recruit more black entrepreneurs
#8One of the things I love so much about being in the high tech world is its natural tendency for a (more) level playing field. It shouldn't (and often doesn't) matter what you look like, where you came from, or who you are. What really matters is the value produced for others by what you do . This sounds like a great step in promoting that property to those who may not have experienced it before. I have a feeling it m…
> It shouldn't (and often doesn't) matter what you look like So why exactly do they need to recruit more black people? Instead of like, everyone?
Because "like, everyone" (aka people in the demographic they have supported as of now) often have had more chances/advantages in their lives. Listening to some ideas from people with different backgrounds couldn't hurt.
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#9Surely Y Combinator should just recruit people that do the job the best, whether they are white,black..etc
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#10One of the things I love so much about being in the high tech world is its natural tendency for a (more) level playing field. It shouldn't (and often doesn't) matter what you look like, where you came from, or who you are. What really matters is the value produced for others by what you do . This sounds like a great step in promoting that property to those who may not have experienced it before. I have a feeling it m…
>>It shouldn't (and often doesn't) matter what you look like, where you came from, or who you are.
Then why are they giving black people preferential treatment?
Mind blowing.