in an actual box to the reception desk of HFPA to stand against their sexist, homophobic, racist practices of exclusion, harassment and bias."
On May 3, the HFPA announced it is aiming to add 20 new members in 2021, with a goal to increase its full membership by 50% in 18 months, all with a focus on recruiting underrepresented groups. That plan was approved by the full membership – which is less than 90 people – three days later, but it did nothing to quell the growing chorus of condemnation of the HFPA, which first came under scrutiny after the Los Angeles Times reported earlier this year that there were no Black members of the HFPA.
The HFPA's broader practices – from demanding special treatment and lavish perks to sexist, homophobic, and racially insensitive questions at press events – have come under criticism as well. In April, the HFPA also expelled former president Phil Berk amid another firestorm of criticism after Berk sent an email to members in which he called Black Lives Matter a"racist hate movement" and alleged that co-founder Patrisse Cullors was a"self-proclaimed trained Marxist.
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