After the Writers Guild of Canada took to social media to show support for the Black Lives Matter movement, the Canadian screenwriters union has had to defend its policies on diversity and inclusion. "They are accusations and of course we want to be the best employers that we can be...
But I don't believe that the assertions made in this anonymous account are correct or accurate," WGC executive director Maureen Parker told The Hollywood Reporter on Monday.
Parker was responding to an apparent former staff member of the WGC who came forward on Twitter to anonymously accuse the guild's executive ranks and volunteer-led council of being too white. "The WGC is, unfortunately, another structure of systemic racism that needs to change.
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