Golden Globes ex-president is FIRED from HFPA board after sending members article that compared BLM movement to Charles Manson
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association said in an email Tuesday that Phil Berk was no longer a member after more than four decades with the organization
The decision comes just hours after NBC - which telecasts and pays for the Globes - condemned Berk s actions and called for his immediate expulsion
Berk sent an email to members sharing an article from FrontPage Mag Sunday
The article accused BLM of carrying on Manson s mission to start a race war
HFPA issued a statement saying it condemns all forms of racism, discrimination and hate speech before announcing his ousting from the board Tuesday
An email sent Sunday by a former Hollywood Foreign Press Association president criticizing Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors and likening BLM to a hate group touched off a firestorm among many of the organizationâs members.
In the email, Phil Berk, who served eight terms as HFPA president, shared a post that called BLM a âracist hate movementâ and described Cullors as âthe self-proclaimed âtrained Marxist.ââ It was sent out to the associationâs members, its staff and the groupâs general counsel and chief operating officer, Gregory Goeckner.
The email lands at a sensitive time for the HFPA, which has come under pressure for not having any Black members as well as allegations of ethical and financial lapses raised in a Times investigation into the group. Last month, the HFPA pledged to make âtransformational changeâ and retained a strategic diversity advisor, Shaun Harper, a professor of racial, gender and LGBTQ issu
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An email sent Sunday by a former Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. president criticizing Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors and likening BLM to a hate group touched off a firestorm among many of the organization’s members.
In the email, Phil Berk, who served eight terms as HFPA president, shared a post that called BLM a “racist hate movement” and described Cullors as “the self-proclaimed ‘trained Marxist.’” It was sent out to the association’s members, its staff and the group’s general counsel and chief operating officer, Gregory Goeckner.
The email lands at a sensitive time for the HFPA, which has come under pressure for not having any Black members as well as allegations of ethical and financial lapses raised in a Times investigation into the group. Last month, the group behind the Golden Globe Awards pledged to make “transformational change” and retained a strategic diversity advisor, Shaun Harper, a professor of racial, gender and LGBTQ is
Golden Globes organizers apologize after ex-president sent members article that calls BLM a racist hate movement and compares its work to CHARLES MANSON
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association issued a statement saying it condemns all forms of racism, discrimination and hate speech
Statement came after member and eight-term former president Philip Berk sent an email to members sharing an article from a right-wing website Sunday
The article accused BLM of carrying on Manson s mission to start a race war
It also hit out at BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors over her recent purchase of a $1.4 million home in Topanga Canyon, Los Angeles
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Weeks after The Hollywood Foreign Press came under fire for its lack of diversity, an ex-HFPA president is now under fire for calling Black Lives Matter a “hate movement” in an email.
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Phil Berk sent out an email on Sunday including a post that refers to Black Lives Matter as a hate group, and criticized
Patrisse Cullors, a Black Lives Matter co-founder.
A general view of the atmosphere at the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards Preview Day at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 03, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images)
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