when the stereotype is &quot;you&#x27;re good at math and science&quot; overcoming the stereotype would mean proving that you&#x27;re not good at math and science: i.e. you don&#x27;t need to overcome that stereotype.  I don&#x27;t need to overcome any stereotypes about tall people being successful! (Even though my height is good.)  That would mean &quot;no.... see I&#x27;m totally unsuccessful, I&#x27;ve had to overcome a lot of prejudice owing to my height but I&#x27;ve done it.&quot;<p>I&#x27;m smart and I&#x27;m white.  If I were Asian it would be objectively easier for me to get funded in silicon valley.  If I were black it would be objectively harder.  (All other things being equal, i.e. if tomorrow I woke up with just those phenotype physical features and skin color but remained completely the same in every other way.)<p>This is just a physical fact, it&#x27;s an aspect of reality.  I don&#x27;t know how else to put this.  If tomorrow I woke up looking like a woman, I&#x27;d be more likely to be raped in the following 900 days, because women are more likely to be raped.  If tomorrow I woke up and was Asian I&#x27;d be more likely to be funded in the following 900 days, because asians are more likely to be funded.<p>It&#x27;s just a simple fact.  Even though it&#x27;s a simple fact that shouldn&#x27;t be too controversial I obviously feel some risk that this will blow up, hence the throwaway.  Please interpret this comment liberally, but if multiple people absolutely must feel the need to downvote it I can remove it.<p>I wouldn&#x27;t mind being asian whenever it comes to being judged in tech.  It would help me achieve my goals.  I mean that absolutely literally: I wouldn&#x27;t mind if the people judging me in tech thought I was asian.  It would help me.