Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian resigned from the company’s board on Friday and urged his seat to be filled with a black candidate, a direct response to the protests over George Floyd’s death as companies across the U.S. face criticism for putting out empty statements about Black Lives Matter

Reddit’s board is currently all white and comprises three men and one woman.

Ohanian, who co-founded Reddit in 2005 with friend Steve Huffman, said that in addition to resigning, he will donate future gains on his Reddit stock to the black community.

He also pledged $1 million to Colin Kaepernick’s Know Your Rights Camp, an organization that aims to inform young people about their rights when interacting with law enforcement.

Reddit earlier this week released a statement admitting it still had work to do in fighting racism and violence on its platform but was still slammed by former CEO Ellen Pao for not shutting down the subreddit the_donald, which became known for hosting alt-right beliefs.

In a statement, Reddit CEO Huffman promised to fill Ohanian’s board seat with a black candidate and said the company will update its rules to make a clear statement against hate and racism.

“I’m saying this as a father who needs to be able to answer his black daughter when she asks, what did you do?” Ohanian, who is married to tennis star Serena Williams, said in a video posted on Twitter explaining his decision.

https://twitter.com/alexisohanian/status/1268944657679036422

https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2020/06/05/reddit-co-founder-alexis-ohanian-resigns-from-board-asks-for-black-candidate-to-take-his-seat/#50cd24d41704

Yes saw this yesterday...
Ohanian was an excellent CEO...
one of the good tech CEOs out there...
Reddit is what Nairaland needs to become...

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You're now only the second person I'm admitting this to, but hey it's me. I've been in your face this entire time trying to get you to figure out it was me but you've been so distracted. Sassysure was able to figure out it was me so quickly, gosh I love that woman...then Buka followed after she clued her in, although I never admitted to them but they had the right idea. Lol

The person you quoted last night is not me (check spelling), I saw it because I had been stalking your posts since that day you made reference to me on a thread about an NL relationship gone bad
This username is temporary, the popular one will be back shortly.

I am doing fine.
I was going to send you a PM earlier on but decided to do this since you won't know it was me sending it behind this username.

Unnerve:
UjuJoan2, how are you?

You're now only the second person I'm admitting this to, but hey it's me. I've been in your face this entire time trying to get you to figure out it was me but you've been so distracted. Sassysure was able to figure out it was me so quickly, gosh I love that woman...then Buka followed after she clued her in, although I never admitted to them but they had the right idea. Lol

The person you quoted last night is not me (check spelling), I saw it because I had been stalking your posts since that day you made reference to me on a thread about an NL relationship gone bad
This username is temporary, the popular one will be back shortly.

I am doing fine.
I was going to send you a PM earlier on but decided to do this since you won't know it was me sending it behind this username.

OMG!!!!!

I've really been distracted . . . I would have figured it out sooner. I did wonder who this was because it was like you came out from nowhere. But I just assumed it was someone who knew me from the old days.

Awww, glad to know you've not abandoned us.

UjuJoan2:


OMG!!!!!

I've really been distracted . . . I would have figured it out sooner. I did wonder who this was because it was like you came out from nowhere. But I just assumed it was someone who knew me from the old days.

Awww, glad to know you've not abandoned us.

Lol...