Alexis Ohanian and Serena Williams were married three years ago and have one child.
San Francisco, United States:
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian – who is perhaps best known as the husband of tennis star Serena Williams – called on Friday for his seat on the board of the social media company to be assigned to a black candidate.
Ohanian said in an online message that he resigned from the Reddit board, which he co-founded 15 years ago.
He promised to use all future earnings from his stock in the business to serve the black community, primarily by reducing racial hatred.
Ohanian also pledged a million dollars to the Know Your Rights camp of former NFL star Colin Kaepernick.
“It is high time to do the right thing,” said Ohanian in a video posted online.
“I say that as a father who needs to be able to answer his black daughter when she asks,” What have you done? “”
Ohanian and Williams were married three years ago and have one child.
“I believe the resignation can be an act of leadership on the part of those in power at the moment,” said the 37-year-old co-founder of Reddit.
“To all those who are fighting to repair our broken nation: do not stop.”
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said in a blog post this week that the online bulletin board is exploring what it can do to give people a voice and be a catalyst for change in racial justice.
“We work for this platform because we care deeply about community and belonging,” said Huffman.
“But community and belonging are not possible without being safe from violence, and it is now time to show solidarity with the black members of our communities.”
Last year, Reddit “quarantined” a popular forum of supporters of President Donald Trump, claiming that users have repeatedly violated the platform’s rules by promoting violence.
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