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Posted: 2021-03-01T18:48:49Z | Updated: 2021-03-01T18:48:49Z

Consider Times Up unimpressed by the Golden Globes response to the controversy over the lack of diversity in its ranks, which engulfed the awards show in recent days.

Just a week before the 78th annual ceremony, the Los Angeles Times published multiple damning reports about the questionable inner workings of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the organization responsible for the awards show. The LA Times investigation accused the HFPA of various ethical conflicts and instances of self-dealing among its voting body, which currently has no Black members.

The diversity scandal was mentioned repeatedly during Sunday nights ceremony with hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler openly mocking the HFPA at the top of the show. Members of the organization later took the stage to address the controversy in an all-too-brief segment with board chair Meher Tatna declaring, We must also ensure everyone from all underrepresented communities get a seat at our table, and were going to make that happen.

But in a letter released after the ceremony, Tina Tchen, president and CEO of Times Up, described the response as merely a cosmetic commitment to change, stating at the beginning of her missive, We must fix the Golden Globes.