* We see that it does for female founders.
* Total number of submissions
* Gender is reported in the applications. We asked founders in the batch to self-report for race/ethnicity.
...for this specific batch. Is parent questioning if this is historically the case or suggesting this is a move by YC at gender diversity? Just curious.
I think it lies in that people fear being biased against for reporting their ethnicity, either via affirmative action (white/asian) or racism (everyone else).
Hm, two flaws about that dichotomy:
1) Many people that aren't white or asian also feel that affirmative action is a bias against their actual ability to contribute to society. For example, not everyone would see getting into YC as a monumental achievement, but even if they did the idea that it would be belittled because of a perception that their skin tone filled a quote is the same being biased against.
2) Many people call this racism as well. In this context, it would primarily be a reference to an institutionalized circumstance.