&gt; The personal account here seems to conflate the possible race factor and the definite business factors that go into a pass.<p>I&#x27;m curious how can you actually determine that if you haven&#x27;t actually ever been passed on for being black?<p>&gt; It&#x27;s up to us, the readers, to decide whether or not we agree with the author&#x27;s analysis.<p>Actually its not. I&#x27;ve never menstruated in my life, but if a woman tells me about her experience of menstruation (as long as it matches the data), I really <i>can&#x27;t</i> dispute it since because I have zero context to determine anything past cold hard fact.<p>And the fact is that the numbers are pretty stark when it comes to black founders being funded by Venture capitalists ...<p>And no. I&#x27;m not going to provide you the data. Educate yourself a little on the topic ;)