Ohanian also committed to using future gains from his Reddit stock to serve the black community and focus on curbing racial hate.
Alexis Ohanian holds daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. following the women's singles match between his wife, Serena Williams, and Katie Boulter of Great Britain during day six of the 2019 Hopman Cup at RAC Arena on January 03, 2019 in Perth, Australia.Reddit Co-founder Alexis Ohanian on Friday announced his resignation from the company's board, saying he was stepping down and urging the company to replace him with a black candidate.
"I'm writing this as a father who needs to be able to answer his black daughter when she asks: 'What did you do?'" Ohanian wroteOhanian, who is married to professional tennis player Serena Williams, also committed to using future gains from his Reddit stock to serve the black community and focus on curbing racial hate. To start, Ohanian said he would donate $1 million to former NFL player and activist Colin Kaepernick's Know Your Rights Camp.
"I believe resignation can actually be an act of leadership from people in power right now. To everyone fighting to fix our broken nation: do not stop," Ohanian said. Ohanian co-founded Reddit in 2005. After selling the company to Conde Nast in 2006, Ohanian and co-founder Steve Huffman returned to the company full time in 2015. Ohanian stepped back from a day-to-day role in 2018 while continuing to serve on the board.
Never knew Reddit was a real company lol
What a total loser.
A White man must create it, so a Black man can profit from it. USA2020
I’m going to let this play out longer then a couple of weeks
People should spend more time apologizing for the things they’ve actually done and less time virtue signaling for cheaply bought admiration. It’s disgusting on multiple levels.
this guy has his own agenda....! Why he says that now never before? Trying to get support and press...
alexisohanian I completely agree that you should step down and also no longer accept compensation, I hear you can live comfortably on your wife’s earnings!
That’s racist
Cuck
It would have been better than he was urging the company to replace him with a minority and not just black. But, I guess it's his choice to only choose black.
Sugar mama Serena can pay his bills, makes sense.
What an ahole.
iAm_TheInternet He putting his money where his mouth is!
I would have been better than he was urging the company to replace him with a minority and not just black. But, I guess it's his choice to only choose black.
Every white liberal must do this!
Businesses should run on capability not on color.
Replace him with the blackest black person they can find.. maybe import someone from africa
When someone is hired exclusively on race, isn’t that racist? Isn’t that what we are trying to stop; the alleged cultural of all-encompassing racism? Honest question.
alexisohanian how much of your salary or your holdings are you giving up by this gesture of largesse?
Actually kinda racist
Next Level Virtue Signaling
femo520 Looks like one wily sub just earned themselves out of the punishment box.
Wow!
Ehh.. reddit is a major white supremacist hub. Good luck to however chooses this battle
Hahahaha this is so lame n illogical!
My words are no more discrimination. Hire employees base on their abilities and talents.
they won't do it with the CEO they have.
xrp_hodl_ Stepping down okay. Give the company the order to replace him with a black person is dumb. Stupid Replace him with someone who is capable of doing do the job, no matter, black or white.
The comments below. Why are people so quick to be negative?
Glad this idiot resigned. He and his silicone valley friends are responsible for fueling race riots and actually hurting society. We elected a black president. And I agree with him to put in his place a black leader like Dr. Ben Carson & others who know how to solve problems.
This is going to destroy those pro-trump subs like wayofthebern and T_D. I'm going to enjoy this.
How do you use your privilege you ask?
Wow...and he pledged 1m to Collin Kaepernick’s camp. 👏
Complete cuckery
Holy white savior complex.
Reddit died in 2016.
put a black face in to blame for bankruptcy nice moves playa
Rich business founder symbolically gives up seat but not control. Neat.
What a cuck, but glad at least to see skininthegame ... since too many white liberals are perfectly happy to sacrifice *other* whites for “diversity” (unless he was planning to quit the board anyway and just is virtue signaling)
Drama
lmfaooooo
Lmao.....pandering. Token.
Timcast AdamCrigler sourpatchlyds well i guess tim was right, the site is shitting it self to death...
Must wanted his parachute so he is definitely sending a message - not the one everyone thinks - he is abandoning ship. Run from this investment is the real message.
What an idiot. Don't hire people for their skills, hire someone because of their race? Isn't that exactly what black people are fighting against right now?
They've tried positive discrimination in South African boardrooms, it's been a disaster
What disgusting man
Reddit sounds offensive to the Native Americans.