Are all of your social circles proportionally composed of genders and races representative of society? If so, why not?
If you are so concerned about proportional ratios, why are you not concerned about the many other minorities that are far more underrepresented than Blacks/Hispanics/Indigenous and that are not eligible for this program?
Ugh i hate to get involved in a thread that isn’t going anywhere but… yes?
My social circle is pretty balanced based on the gender/race breakdown of where I live. Not perfect, but a lot better than 85/15 of YC. I don’t try to maintain a ratio, but the world is roughly 50/50 male female so it seems easy enough that 50% of the people you meet would be from each group.
Why would it not be a similar red flag if you have 85% male friends? Idk how you’d do that unless you actively avoid making friends with women if you had 85% male friends.
The ratio isn’t all that great, CEO and partners are 85% male: https://www.ycombinator.com/people