Tech Crunch is Racist

This is interesting.

While the tech industry has long aspired to be inclusive, the numbers are dismal. Hardly a week passes by without media outlets highlighting concerns about sexism, ageism or “founder profiling” in our industry.

The truth is that TechCrunch will not be able to solve the SF housing crisis or increase STEM education in inner-city schools. We can’t offer entrepreneurship classes in rural America or require VCs to screen founders without considering their gender.

But there are great organizations who can. And we aim to support them.

Today we’re excited to announce TechCrunch Include, which is a program designed to help social enterprises (nonprofit and for profit) working to make tech a more inclusive place. The program offers a year’s worth of access to TechCrunch resources — financial as well as media and events. Our mission is to help these enterprises increase their effectiveness on a variety of fronts, including fundraising, volunteers, partnerships and media attention.

Participants will receive a number of benefits, including free exhibition space and tickets to Disrupt and Hackathon events, free attendance at all other events, and assistance with media/press strategy. In addition, TechCrunch will commit a total of $50,000 a year (starting in 2015) in direct financial support to select participants. TechCrunch already awarded $50,000 this year to Girls Who Code.

Consider this our minimum viable product. As we learn more about how TechCrunch can leverage its strengths, we may add to or modify this list. Of course, we’re open to feedback and suggestions.

So who should apply? We’re open to all types of organizations, as long as the mission is related to increasing diversity in tech. You do not need to be based in San Francisco or even the U.S. to apply. In keeping with TC’s love for startups, we’re especially eager to find compelling groups with early traction that will really benefit from Include.

Though not said, all of the dog whistles are there. This is for non-white males. Why does Tech Crunch hate white guys?

Oh, right, never mind.

The application is interesting. In the diversity rackets, you have to know all of the buzzwords and code phrases if you going to be a playa. That’s what the free form comment boxes are for. If they flat out ask if you’re black or have a vagina, it spoils the fun. They don’t really want diversity after all. What they want is people who think and act just like SWPL, but with vaginas or brown skin.

I filled it out and in the comment boxes and put “I hate white people!” over and over along with a few “I hate heterosexuals!” and “I hate men” thrown in for variety. Fingers crossed!

One thought on “Tech Crunch is Racist

  1. Get with the program.
    Heterosexuals is Sooooooo last week.
    If you want, you know, the latest dog whistles, and approved Newspeak,
    you have to deke with-
    Hetronomative
    CisMale/Cisfemale
    along with the occasional misuse of the suffix -phobic sprinkled about here and there.
    Don’t forget “wellness” and “access” too!
    Save “Patriarchal”, “privilege”, and “violent armed radical domestic terrorist racist misogynists” for the Academic Humanities folk.
    Sheesh

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