[owenmarshall]

> If there's discrimination,

There is.

> isn't that purely the fault of the Y Combinator organisers (in this instance)

Some of the fault likely is, likely through unacknowledged bias. But discrimination comes in far more systemic forms: if you're a black child you're far more likely to attend a school with concentrated poverty than a white student. You're twice as likely to have teachers that are brand new, or have very little experience. You're less likely to be offered advanced classes. And boom, by the time you're applying for college, you're already behind the curve.

> and is this article then an admission that they've discriminated in the past?

They likely haven't actively discriminated against black applicants. But by not doing anything to further outreach, yeah, they kinda have.

[shamney]

this argument supports reaching out to everyone who might have experienced educational and social disadvantages not just potential black applicants.

[pessimizer]

And what's wrong with that? There should be outreach in many directions.