"But I would be lying if I didn’t admit that a tiny part of me inside felt defensive and insecure: were we somehow less than other companies whose sole merit was the strength of the founders’ abilities and not their ethnicity or gender?"

With all due respect, this is really the entrepreneurs own internal mental problem. Whether you agree or disagree with the concept of a minority incubator, or a mobile incubator or any other niche incubator at the end of the day the only thing that matters is the entrepreneurs ability to execute on the things that matter.

I don't live in SF so I can't speak on what stigma there might be if any when dealing with other investors or businesses, but as a minority entrepreneur I've learned that at the end of the day, product talks. Everything else is just a distraction. This author needs to get over themselves and focus on building a business.