Golden Globes Judges Acknowledge Lack of Diversity, Get Widely Panned
On 2/28/21 at 9:16 PM EST
After getting called out by Golden Globes co-hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler on Sunday night, members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) took the stage during the award show to address the lack of Black members within its ranks. But many people on Twitter are not moved or impressed by the HFPA s remarks.
While delivering the show s opening monologue, Fey brought attention to a Friday report from
Variety, in which board chair and former HFPA president Meher Tatna said the organization hasn t had a Black member in 20 years. The HFPA is made up of about 90 international no Black journalists, Fey quipped early in the show.
With homebound nominees appearing by remote video and hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler on different sides of the country, a very socially distanced 78th Golden.
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