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Re:Ask HN: How many YC companies have African American foun... by SwellJoe on Thursday December 26, 2013 @03:02PM (#6967753)
"The pattern of under-represented ethnicities can be seen all over, should it be brought up in every conversation?"

In every conversation? No. In a conversation about the under-representation of minorities in tech? Yes.

"Encouraging people to discriminate based on race is the status quo, ignoring it is the exact opposite."

Ignoring oppression is not the opposite. It is the tacit approval of oppression.

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Re:Ask HN: How many YC companies have African American foun... by ricardobeat on Thursday December 26, 2013 @03:17PM (#6967834)
> Ignoring oppression is not the opposite. It is the tacit approval of oppression.

I agree wholeheartedly. And you should fight the opressor.

I understand the need to relate by example, but am I wrong to insist on a reality where race/ethnicity has jack to do with success in tech entrepreneurship?

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Re:Ask HN: How many YC companies have African American foun... by jacalata on Friday December 27, 2013 @03:48PM (#6972555)
Wrong to want reality to be like that? No. Wrong to say that reality is like that today? Maybe, where's your evidence?
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