Alexis Ohanian weighs in on "important" Biden Armenian Genocide call

PanARMENIAN.Net - Reddit co-founder and entrepreneur Alexis Ohanian believes that the expected recognition of the Armenian Genocide by U.S. President Joe Biden is important.

Ohanian reminded that because of political reasons "the U.S. has never had the spine" to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide, and it sounds like Biden is about to.

“It’s literally the least that we as Americans can do, but it is important, because it is a part of our identity of descendants of genocide survivors, especially for the American Diaspora,” he said.

“It’s part of our identity that these horrific things happened, but the perpetrators have been able to get away with denying it for a hundred years, and the people you would expect to hold them accountable, like the most powerful nation in the world, have been too scared or thought it not important enough to acknowledge this historical fact,” Alexis added.

He said recognition by Joe Biden would be an important step. “It does not really do anything to Armenia today, but it is still important.”

On April 24, 1915, a large group of Armenian intellectuals was rounded up and assassinated in Constantinople by the Ottoman government. Today, on April 24, Armenians worldwide are commemorating the 106th anniversary of the Genocide which continued until 1923. Some three dozen countries, hundreds of local government bodies and international organizations have so far recognized the killings of 1.5 million Armenians as Genocide. Turkey denies to this day.