Having Thiel on the board is a statement that intolerance based on race, gender, or religion is tolerable by yc. This in turn chills applications from startups working on problems not relating to white western males.
This is probably just me making assumptions.
I'm not trying to say white males are victims but the more we draw racial lines the more we segregate our society.
Seems unlikely.
Which is what this conversation's about.
> This in turn chills applications from startups working on problems not relating to white western males.
With the crush of applicants now I doubt more than a very few applicants are not going to apply because Thiel is on the board.
Check your priors.