Key HFPA Allies Jump Ship After Latest Inclusion Crisis At Golden Globes Group
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deadline.comOn Tuesday night, fallout from recent controversies surrounding the Hollywood Foreign Press Association continued.We hear that Dr.
Shaun Harper walked away earlier today from the organization of international journalists, which hosts the Golden Globes. The USC professor was hired by the HFPA on March 9 to serve as its Diversity and Inclusion Advisor.The news of Harper’s exit comes in the wake of email comments made by former HFPA President Phil Berk on Sunday, which were unveiled in the Los Angeles Times the following day.
In his remarks, Berks referred to Black Lives Matter as a “racist hate movement,” also describing the movement’s co-founder Patrisse Cullors as “the self-proclaimed ‘trained Marxist.’” On Tuesday, Berks was expelled from
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