Alexis Ohanian Explains How Anger And Love Pushed Him To Make This Unprecedented Move In Video With

Alexis Ohanian, who is the co-founder of Reddit, has made a bold and daring move that has many people calling him a king.

The businessman and husband of tennis icon Serena Williams recently announced that he would be stepping down as a member of the company’s board, and has asked that his seat be filled with a black candidate.

The 37-year-old entrepreneur did an interview with his wife, where he confirmed that he took the huge decision on his own and that it was inspired by his two-year-old daughter named Olympia.

Serena opened the interview by saying: “A lot of people might think I told you to do something, or I forced you — He doesn’t listen to me, ever.”

The mogul said: “I thought about what I could do beyond a social media post, beyond a donation. We need diversity at the highest levels of business now more than ever. Once I realized why I needed to do it, it became very easy.”

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He went on to say: “I thought about what those dollars could do for a community that has clearly suffered for far too long, and that I with my power and my influence and my privilege want to do something meaningful to start to show a change. To make a better world for Olympia.”

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He concluded by: “One of the things that really broke me at some point in the last week, I was looking at Olympia, she’s 2½ now, and she is such a pure, just blank canvas. She only knows love. There is not an ounce of hate in her body…at some point, Olympia is going to have to have a talk with you, a talk with us, but especially a talk with you, about how she’s going to have to work that much harder, how she’s going to have to deal with this much more, that pisses me off.”

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One fan said: “Serena married a KING 👏🏾👏🏾anybody with a black partner should do the same: support the movement, fight for justice with us. That’s not how it works. He can’t approve a board seat on his own. 🙄 He can only suggest a candidate to the board. Since its a full board, he created a vacant seat by resigning. Reddit is known for being extremely white with discriminatory forums. I’ve never seen a founder do this. He did the right thing, and it’s extraordinary.”

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Another commenter shared: “Now THAT’S how you use your privilege, put your money where your mouth is, and dude donated $1 million to KNOW YOUR RIGHTS! ✊🏾”

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This person stated: “She may have put 2 cents in, but if he wasn’t raised right, how he gets to that point of being an educated man with a black daughter and wife? It starts at home. The fact that he gave up his position and urged them to put a black person in that seat actually says a lot because he’s not just donating he’s giving up his position of power and trying to give it to someone of color.”

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The father of one is winning a lot of new supporters with this move.

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