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Re:VCs Promised to Help Black Founders – My Experience Shows... by Geoffhk on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @02:37PM (#23772893)
The part where she doesn't get a response when using her email but does when using her partner's email is pretty convincing. There are many studies that gauge racism in hiring by sending out resumes that only differ in candidate's name.
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Re:VCs Promised to Help Black Founders – My Experience Shows... by xibalba on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @02:45PM (#23772978)
I don't think so. The husband's resumé is dramatically more qualified that the author's. He has multiple startups/exits and was a FAANG engineer.
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Re:VCs Promised to Help Black Founders – My Experience Shows... by anon102010 on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @03:17PM (#23773274)
Is she similarly qualified?

I never realized these racism studies were done using such different resumes. This is a bit shocking if so.

You have a multi-exit google engineer vs a trainer?

She doesn't share her deck?

A quick look - did she buy reviews (the block of 5 star reviews)?

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