Looks Barbara Streisandthe complaints are ringing loud and clear – Elon Musk It is Rupert Murdoch after all, they won’t be adding the RBG Award to their trophy shelves.
In fact, the uproar over the pair winning the prestigious leadership award named for the late judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg It was so intense that the Dwight D. Opperman Foundation decided to shut down the entire ceremony.
ICYMI… Barbra, a former RBG award winner herself, didn’t hold back when she criticized the organization’s decision to honor the polarizing billionaire and FOX Corp founder.
Barbra turned to the IG to join forces with the Ginsburg family to denounce this year’s honorees… saying she had the honor of rubbing elbows with RBG herself on several occasions, and seriously doubts the late justice would nod to these awarded in particular.
For those who don’t know, the Org launched the Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Leadership Award in 2019, originally intended to honor talented women. But, in a move towards gender equality, they changed tack in 2020 and started to include men in the mix.
The pendulum has swung quite the other way this year, with 4 of the 5 honorees being men – billionaire philanthropist Michael Milkenactor Sylvester Stallone It is Martha Stewart would be honored along with Murdoch and Musk.
Barbra’s complaint came shortly after RBG’s daughter Jane speaking out, saying… “The judge’s family wishes to make it clear that they do not support the use of his mother’s name to commemorate this year’s list of awardees and that the judge’s family has no affiliation with and does not endorse these awards.”
The reaction reached its peak when the foundation’s president, Julie Oppermanfinally spoke out and announced that the April ceremony was canceled… adding that offending RBG’s family and friends was the last thing they wanted to do.
Opperman also mentioned that the foundation will take a step back to reconsider its mission and figure out how it wants to move forward in the future.