Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian stepped down from the company’s board of directors Friday, and requested it replace him with a black candidate.
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian stepped down from the company’s board of directors Friday, and requested it replace him with a black candidate.
Ohanian made his announcement, and wishes known, in a blog post and a series of tweets. In his post, titled “What Did You Do?”, Ohanian said he made he decision to leave Reddit’s board because he wanted to set an example for his daughter, Alexis, at a time when racial issues and inequities involving black Americans have been thrust into the spotlight following the death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer on May 25.
