Let’s Stop Talking About the Sexism in Venture(linkedin.com) |
Let’s Stop Talking About the Sexism in Venture(linkedin.com) |
Hiring a minority individual because they are a minority individual and it makes you look better, marginalizes everything else that person is. Which only serves to exacerbate the issue that this action is supposed to be solving.
I wouldn't take the comparison to affirmative action too far here. Our startup / VC ecosystem exists to drive radical progress and to achieve success where it seems unlikely. So let's go for it and get creative.