Harris Faulkner shuts down the assumption that she's Fox News' token woman of color

Harris Faulkner.
(Image credit: Screenshot/YouTube/The View)

As Fox News' only woman of color with her own daytime show, Harris Faulkner has faced plenty of criticism for how she represents the black community — and so has her network.

But rival networks don't even have a single host who looks like her, Faulkner pointed out on The View on Thursday.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.