Black People
topic on 2 shows · 7 statements across 6 episodes
the Y Combinator Startup Podcast 
How I Built This
7 statements about Black People, every show
Twine: Black people are not responsible for fixing systemic racial injustice
“I don't believe that it is the responsibility of black people to fix the problem.”
Robinson: Black Americans created US independent media due to exclusion
“Black people literally have really created independent media in this country, and so black people have constantly had to sort of reimagine and find new ways to build things, whether it was to provide something new or whether it was to provide the same exact th…”
Andréa McBride John argues the wine industry historically ignored Black consumers
“And most importantly, I think, unfortunately, the wine industry has just really ignored black people when it comes to wine.”
Black representation is 8% in corporate America and 3.2% in leadership
“Right now in America, the black adult population is just over 13%.
The black participation in corporate America is eight percent.
In leadership roles, it goes to 3.2%.
There are 615 billionaires in the country, only six of them are Black.”
Steve Madden: U.S. drug laws and sentences were biased against Black people
“Well, particularly the African-American experience really touched me, and young men dealing drugs, getting huge sentences, unfair drug laws that really were biased against black people.”
DeBaun: The tech industry ignores the problems of Black people and women
“There's a thousand problems that black people have, and people of color have, and women have, that this entire industry ignores.”