[sfkdjf9j3j]

Sorry, could you clarify what precisely is a "well studied phenomenon" and maybe link some of the studies? With this sort of research you have to be extremely careful about what claims you assert it supports because there are often serious methodological issues. I also notice in your post that you use the phrase "virtue signal", which suggests a certain political view on your part, so I want to make sure I'm responding to exactly what you claim so we don't get confused by terminology or matters of degree.

[aparsons]

I am on mobile, so can’t find an exhaustive list, but here are a few:

https://www.heritage.org/courts/commentary/how-affirmative-a... (Relating to drop out rates)

https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/the-sad-...

https://www.jstor.org/stable/3699572?seq=1

https://hilo.hawaii.edu/campuscenter/hohonu/volumes/document...

https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/10/the-pai...

I have worked in this industry - on and off - for 3 decades. This is an ugly phenomenon nobody wants to acknowledge.

The mere suggestion that this is a funnel issue, rather than a racial bias issue, is met with vehement accusations of racism (if coming from an older man like me, even more so).

I’d even go as far as to say SV has a real discrimination problem - and that is ageism. When supply and demand is considered, it is many times as blatant as the supposed race issue.

Finally, I did use the term virtue signalling. It is fairly unambiguous. There are no political leanings to extrapolate from there, yet the subtle accusations put forward based on that is abundantly clear here. Once again - before dissecting my comment and projecting an image of me to attack/downvote, ask yourself if the way SV (likely your employer based on HN demographics)and outlets like NYT frame these issues is truly honest.