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Just in: HFPA, the organization behind the #GoldenGlobes, failed to address diversity issues last summer latimes.com/entertainment-…

HFPA members voted not to hire a diversity consultant.

Last July, in the wake of Black Lives Matter protests, then HFPA President Lorenzo Soria brought a motion to vote on hiring Pam Jackson, a former VP at 20th Century Fox, as the consultant latimes.com/entertainment-…

Soria, who died last August, pointed out during the meeting that the HFPA didn’t have any Black members and hadn’t for many years, according to a recording of the discussion obtained by The Times latimes.com/entertainment-…

But HFPA members voted against bringing Jackson on board.

@StacyPerman breaks down what you need to know:
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While HFPA has made public proclamations saying it plans to address & “immediately work to implement an action plan to achieve these goals as soon as possible” —in a statement to The Times last week— the vote indicates that the org was aware of the problem latimes.com/entertainment-…

This comes as the HFPA continues to face fierce criticism over a recent Times investigation that, among other things, found there are zero Black journalists among the 87-strong group
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The HFPA declined to comment on the July meeting and vote. But in a new interview, an Australian HFPA member claimed that for years the lack of Black members “was not really anything we focused on.”

Details from @joshrottenberg:
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