“I feel like they really handled the question really well, which is they listened,” said Jodie Foster of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s response to the backlash it’s received for its lack of diversity. It was recently revealed that the organization has no Black journalists among its members.
“The world is growing and changing, and there’s a real awakening, and we’re all getting better instead of worse,” continued Foster in the Golden Globes’ virtual press room on Sunday. “So, it sounds like the HFPA is open to change, and that’s exciting.”
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The award show’s cohost Tina Fey addressed the topic early on during the opening monologue: “The HFPA is made up of around 90 international — no Black — journalists who attend movie junkets each year…”
Later during the ceremony, three HFPA members appeared to speak on the subject.