“The music we create has always reflected the best of ourselves and our world,” Mason’s statement read. “But what was true of music has historically not been true of the music business as a whole. Many of the areas the task force said needed to change were also cited in a harassment and retaliation complaint against the academy that Dugan filed recently with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Second, the Academy must agree to immediately suspend the conflict-rife nominating review committees (“secret committees”). Finally, the Board must immediately reinstate Ms. Dugan as the CEO of the Recording Academy to oversee and effectuate such changes.”

Source: Los Angeles Times January 26, 2020 20:26 UTC