On June 5 2020, Ohanian Resigned From Reddit’s Board, Asking To Be Replaced By A Black Candidate

On June 5 2020, Alexis Ohanian Resigned From Reddit’s Board, Asking To Be Replaced By A Black Candidate. Ohanian is trying to do, as an act of technology leadership and as a showcase to his family that he is doing the right thing. By this statement, he shows up as ‘anti-racist’, and provides a discussion for affirmative action inside tech leadership. In countries with laws on racial equality, hiring someone simply because they are of a certain protected group, is illegal.