Alexis Ohanian (Credit: Alexis Ohanian )

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian has resigned from the board of the website he co-founded and wants his replacement to be Black.

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Ohanian, who stepped down from day to day duties at the site two years ago, announced his intentions Friday in a blog post entitled, “What Did You Do?”

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He was motivated to take action because of his biracial daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr.

Ohanian co-founded Reddit 15 years ago, selling the company to Condé Nast in 2006.

In 2015, Ohanian and co-founder Steve Huffman returned to Reddit full time.