It is important because black founders are rare and highly unusual in the tech startup scene. Why is him taking note of this such an issue?<p>&amp; if you ask me he actually barely mentioned race. In the initial parts of the essay he highlighted his poor upbringing, and it wasn&#x27;t until the middle that I realized what his race was.<p>If it were me writing the article, race would have easily taken up 75% because years ago I realized the futility of catering to you &quot;it&#x27;s a color blind utopia&quot; types.