Diversity Opinion
I was appreciative of the comments by the editor (February) regarding the absence of women and people of color in the “50 most influential Louisvillians rankings.” In the same plastic wrap, however, I received the Louisville Bride issue with not one dark face on a single page. One model was perhaps Middle Eastern or biracial, and one was of Asian descent. With so many beautiful black women in this city, plenty of whom will marry this year, I was disgusted that brown was not the least bit represented.
I am not asking for tokenism, just better representation of the city for which your magazine is named.
Meagan Winters
Louisville
Keep It Local
As I read January’s Editor’s Letter, I had to take a quick double-take to be sure I had opened the Louisville I have enjoyed every month since moving here 18 years ago. I literally read page eight twice just to be sure.
I do not have the words to express my disappointment adequately. There is plenty of President Bush bashing and pendulum-swing hand-wringing going on in much of the national media. Frankly, that’s not why Louisvillle Magazine has had a subscribed invitation into our home all these years.
We likewise subscribe to Philadelphia and Cincinnati magazines to keep abreast of our hometown and workplace interests. Aren’t there any local issues worthy of your editorial comment? I would submit that the items are legion. You’ll notice no threat of subscription cancellation, but please keep your focus. Our household, and Louisville Magazine, will be better for it.
Ed Haines
Louisville
Correction
The name of attorney Stephanie Pearce Burke was incorrectly hyphenated in the March issue story “Picks of the Judges.”