BREAKING NEWS: Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian RESIGNS from their board because he is a 'father who needs to be able to answer his black daughter when she asks: “What did you do?”'

• Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian made the shock announcement in a video uploaded to his Instagram page Friday midday
• In the footage, he says he is stepping down 'for me, for my family, and for my country' so that his seat on the board can be filled by a black candidate   
• 'It is long overdue to do the right thing. I’m doing this for me, for my family, and for my country,' he says in the video

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian has resigned from the company's board because he is a 'father who needs to be able to answer his black daughter when she asks: “What did you do?”'

Ohanian made the shock announcement in a video uploaded to his Instagram page around midday Friday.

In the footage, he says he is stepping down 'for me, for my family, and for my country' so that his seat on the board can be filled by a black candidate and so he can focus on helping to 'curb racial hate'.

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Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian has resigned from the company's board because he is a 'father who needs to be able to answer his black daughter when she asks: “What did you do?”

'Fifteen years ago I cofounded Reddit as a place for people to find community and a sense of belonging,' he says.

'It is long overdue to do the right thing. I’m doing this for me, for my family, and for my country.'

Ohanian continues: 'I’m saying this as a father who needs to be able to answer his black daughter when she asks: “What did you do?” 

The tech founder and investor is married to tennis star Serena Williams and they have a two-year-old daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian, Jr. 

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Ohanian made the shock announcement in a video uploaded to his Instagram page around midday Friday

'So I have resigned as a member of the Reddit board, I have urged them to fill my seat with a black candidate, and 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 Colin Kaepernick's Know Your Right's campaign.

'I believe resignation can actually be an act of leadership from people in power right now. To everyone fighting to fix our broken nation: do not stop.'