Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian Resigns, Asks the Company to Replace Him With a Black Candidate
Reddit co-founder, Alexis Ohanian announces he will resign from the company’s board and urges the company to replace him with a black candidate. In a blog post that’s also released in his social media platforms earlier this afternoon, Ohanian states that he’s doing this for himself, his family, and for his country. He also emphasizes that he’s doing this for his daughter.
Ohanian said, “I’m saying this as a father who needs to be able to answer his black daughter when she asks: What did you do?” He’s currently married to professional tennis player Serena Williams, who also promised to use his Reddit stock to give back to the black community and fight back racial injustice.
He believes his resignation is a positive act of leadership and it’ll be the right example for people currently in power right now to fix a broken nation. Furthermore, Ohanian will donate $1 million to former NFL player and activist Colin Kaepernick’s Know Your Rights Camp. The CEO and co-founder Steve Huffman praises Ohanian for his service to the company and promises to update Reddit’s policy.
Reddit community demanding change in hate speech policy. Exciting times.https://t.co/2dt5JB4avE
— Alexis Ohanian Sr. 🚀 (@alexisohanian) June 5, 2020
The Reddit community expressed an impassionate plea a couple of days ago and demanded the Reddit platform to change its policies to curb the toxic spread of racism and white supremacy on the company’s website.
