Fines: The Narrative That YC Lacks Women and Black People is False
Domonique Fines · YC's Director of Events Domonique Fines with Elpha CEO Cadran Cowansage · Y Combinator · Mar 11, 2019 · at 9:36
Domonique Fines, Director of Events at Y Combinator, addresses public perceptions and diversity misconceptions regarding the tech accelerator.
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“This misconception of there are no women at YC. There are no black people at YC. There's no, you know, there's all these things, and it's like when I'm working around with all these different people, it's like, it's definitely very diverse, and we're doing everything that we can to possibly bring more people in, but I think it's also very important that I do things like this so people know that, you know, I am here, and I am a voice, and I'm helping out a lot, and those are the two things that I think are The things that are like definitely overlooked are misconceptions for sure.”
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