It doesn't really matter what the overall percentage in the population as a whol...

ry0ohki on March 21, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Has YC ever funded a company with a Black founder?

It doesn't really matter what the overall percentage in the population as a whole is, it's more of a question of their representative percentage in creating a technology startup, or as others have mentioned, it matters how many apply to YC.