Your Privileged Point of View Misses the Real Point

Farrah Alexander
3 min readDec 11, 2020

Here in Louisville, Ky., our Fox news affiliate has a long-standing tradition of broadcasting an editorial Point of View segment. Instead of featuring one of the city’s op-ed writers from the Pultizer Prize-winning Courier-Journal or maybe someone with intimate knowledge of the topical issues being discussed, they pass the mic to the much-needed voice of the people — an old, rich white dude.

Dale Woods, President and General Manager of the station, gets several minutes of airtime to discuss whatever issue he considers most pressing. Usually…

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Farrah Alexander

Author of RAISING THE RESISTANCE: A Mother’s Guide to Practical Activism, available now. Follow her @AuthorFarrah and on AuthorFarrah.com