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    1. Anil Dash‏Verified account @anildash 27 Aug 2013

      Actual @paulg quote on YC's evaluation criteria: "a really bad indication is a CEO with a strong foreign accent". http://2.dashes.com/16JHtHJ 

      29 replies 94 retweets 68 likes
      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 27 Aug 2013
      Replying to @anildash

      @anildash I meant so strong that people can't understand them. It's fine if founders merely have accents.

      10:28 AM - 27 Aug 2013
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        2. Anil Dash‏Verified account @anildash 27 Aug 2013
          Replying to @paulg

          .@paulg so you're saying that your statement in English wasn't clear enough to be properly understood?

          15 replies 36 retweets 140 likes
        3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 27 Aug 2013
          Replying to @anildash

          @anildash The interview they printed was boiled down from a longer one. Plus this is a point people are eager to misunderstand.

          9 replies 1 retweet 10 likes
        4. Anil Dash‏Verified account @anildash 27 Aug 2013
          Replying to @paulg

          @paulg you've raised this kind of point many times. Would love to read an essay on how your pattern matching isn't systematic exclusion?

          3 replies 3 retweets 18 likes
        5. Anthony V.‏ @fascinated 27 Aug 2013
          Replying to @anildash

          @anildash you are acting like @paulg is running a university

          2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
        6. Anil Dash‏Verified account @anildash 27 Aug 2013
          Replying to @fascinated

          @fascinated I'm acting like he influences the tech industry's priorities.

          0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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        2. Vivek Sharma‏ @vivsharma 27 Aug 2013
          Replying to @paulg

          @paulg @anildash past performance is not a guarantee of future results. The Valley is replete with examples of people breaking the rules.

          2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
        3. Anil Dash‏Verified account @anildash 27 Aug 2013
          Replying to @vivsharma

          @vivsharma @paulg past performance may also be limited by those in power refusing to provide opportunity or a level playing field.

          0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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        1. Ravi Dronamraju‏ @dronamraju 27 Aug 2013
          Replying to @paulg

          @paulg that's a slippery slope! let me guess, you'd say asian and indian accents are thicker than eastern european / @anildash

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        1. Tech Muse‏ @TechMuse007 27 Aug 2013
          Replying to @paulg

          @paulg @alexia @anildash I am a fan of Y combinator but I found that sentence to be offensive because of implicit ethnic/racial bias

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        1. Darren Mckeeman‏ @tjcrowley 27 Aug 2013
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          @paulg @mattmireles @anildash And while we're at it how many women?

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        1. Darren Mckeeman‏ @tjcrowley 27 Aug 2013
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          @paulg @mattmireles @anildash So now I am curious - what percentage of YC CEOs/founders are white?

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        1. Solon. Cutie Ultimate For Smash‏ @Solonface 27 Aug 2013
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          @paulg @anildash *pat* *pat* Don't worry, puppy. It isn't your fault that you're a white supremacist. It's just the culture you grew up in.

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        1. Jinal‏ @jinal_shah 27 Aug 2013
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          @paulg @anildash how strong is "so strong"?

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