"all the time" in the mind of Shanley Kane, et. al. Disclaimers like these are mainly CYA statements such that the rabid hordes of social justice warriors don't throw Y Combinator under the bus on Pando because of a disgruntled founder looking to capitalize on feels where capitalizing on actual talent or acumen failed.
Oh come on, you honestly believe that someone who has sacrificed their time, friends and family to get an idea off the ground isn't vulnerable to being taking advantage of by investors?
This isn't a super out there PC statement that is being made. It's simply saying that this is a professional event and the expectation is for the relationships to be kept professional. You know, how it should always be.
That's not tumblr craziness, that is just basic respect and professionalism.
Sigh. Let me guess - you're a white dude, aren't you?
Of course you don't see this happening. Of course you don't see discrimination in the workplace. Maybe - just for once - accept that the people who actually do face this stuff are telling you that it does happen, and that we should do something about it. Maybe try listening to a perspective - any one will do, really - that is different from your own.
Don't worry, buddy. White dudes still hold all the positions of power in the industry. It's still way easier to get a job as a white dude. People will believe you if you're a white dude, about both things that happen to you and about your abilities.
If this is "racism" or "discriminatory", it's the least effective ever, and any comparison to the biases experienced by women and people of color is insulting.
Instead you claim that slagging of white people does not constitute racism as it does not compare to the "biases experienced by women and people of color". Absurd.
Upvoted you. It's unfortunate that it's so difficult to discuss this without bringing up the sex/race of the commentator, since it invariably invites a bunch of non sequiturs about reverse racism that talk right past the critical point, which is that overt sexism and racism are often invisible to parties to which they're not directed (and in the case of e.g. sexual harassment, the perpetrators exploit the cognitive biases involved to recruit people like the GP as unwitting accomplices in denying the reality of what's happening).
Firstly, discrimination in the workplace is not limited to "non-whites". Secondly, you cannot claim the supreme and unilateral right to determine what constitutes discrimination based on your race.
Simply stating "you're white and therefore you cannot see it" is both unreasonable, racist, and, if put forth as grounds for legislation, incredibly corrosive to the notion of rule of law.
The idea that only whites as a universal class are somehow unable to perceive discrimination is ridiculous and highly offensive.
Is there ascandal going on here somewhere?