the hfpa had not had any black members in more than 20 years. diederik van hoogstraten and wenting xu wrote a letter, here is some of what they had to say. "the majority of the membership resists deep change, despite our lawyers and spokepersons suggesting otherwise publicly." they also said — "the hfpa continues to accommodate a toxic environment that undermines professional journalism." in a statement, the hfpa said they "share one common goal — passing the transformational change our organisation needs. " here's our la correspondent, david willis. this has been a terrible year for the hollywood foreign press association, no question about that. it has long been the butt ofjokes, as a group of about 85 starstruck journalists, many of whom work for obscure overseas publications. even then, part time rather than full—time in many cases. but those jokes became a lot more serious this year,