Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian on Friday said he’s resigning from the company’s board, urging it to fill his opening with a black candidate. Ohanian’s decision comes after protests have swept the nation in the last week in response to the killing of George Floyd.
“It is long overdue to do the right thing. I’m doing this for me, for my family, and for my country,” Ohanian said in a video posted to Twitter. “I’m saying this as a father who needs to be able to answer his black daughter when she asks ‘what did you do?’”
— Alexis Ohanian 🇦🇲 (@alexisohanian) June