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June 5, 2020 06:37 pm GMT

Reddit co-founder, Alexis Ohanian, resigns to make room for a black board member

Reddit co-founder, Alexis Ohanian, resigns to make room for a black board member

The co-founder of Reddit just put the rest of the tech world on notice.

Alexis Ohanian announced Friday that he was resigning his Reddit board seat, and "urged" the rest of the board to fill his spot with a new black board member. He will also be donating all future gains on his Reddit stock to "serve the black community," and is immediately giving $1 million to Colin Kaepernick's racial justice charity.

Yes, take that in. Ohanian just set the bar for using power and privilege for racial equity by transferring not only resources, but also power to people of color.

I've resigned as a member of the reddit board, I have urged them to fill my seat with a black candidate, + I will use future gains on my Reddit stock to serve the black community, chiefly to curb racial hate, and I’m starting with a pledge of $1M to @kaepernick7’s @yourrightscamp

— Alexis Ohanian Sr. 🚀 (@alexisohanian) June 5, 2020 Read more...

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