California Democrats pass resolution calling for John Wayne Airport to be renamed
By
Adam Shaw
Fox News
June 27, 2020
California Democrats in Orange County are demanding that the county’s John Wayne Airport
be renamed and all likenesses of Wayne be removed from the airport,
over “racist and bigoted statements” made by the American icon decades
ago.
“The
Democratic Party of Orange County condemns John Wayne’s racist and
bigoted statements, and calls for John Waynes’ name and likeness to be
removed from the Orange County airport, and calls on the OC Board of
Supervisors to restore its original name: Orange County Airport,” the resolution, passed Friday, says.
“I believe in white supremacy until the blacks are educated to a point of responsibility. I don’t believe in giving authority and positions of leadership and judgment to irresponsible people,” he said in that interview nearly 50 years ago.
“I don’t feel guilty about the fact that five or 10 generations ago these people were slaves,” he said at another point in the interview.
There have been a number of pushes to rename the airport as a result of those comments after they resurfaced. Wayne’s defenders
have said it is unfair to judge him based off remarks made nearly 50
years ago, and when he is no longer alive to defend or even retract
them.
The latest push comes amid a movement across the country to tear down monuments and rename buildings and institutions that are named after people deemed to have held racist views or committed racist acts.
The Democratic resolution hails a “national movement to remove white supremacist symbols and names is reshaping American institutions, monuments, businesses, nonprofits, sports leagues and teams, as it is widely recognized that racist symbols produce lasting physical and psychological stress and trauma particularly to Black communities, people of color and other oppressed groups, and the removal of racist symbols provides a necessary process for communities to remember historic acts of violence and recognize victims of oppression."
According to the LA Times, Wayne lived a good portion of his life in Newport Beach in Orange County, was a political power broker in the county and was buried in the city after his death in 1979.
EDITOR'S NOTE: My dear departed wife must be turning over in her grave because she worshiped the Duke.
The latest push comes amid a movement across the country to tear down monuments and rename buildings and institutions that are named after people deemed to have held racist views or committed racist acts.
The Democratic resolution hails a “national movement to remove white supremacist symbols and names is reshaping American institutions, monuments, businesses, nonprofits, sports leagues and teams, as it is widely recognized that racist symbols produce lasting physical and psychological stress and trauma particularly to Black communities, people of color and other oppressed groups, and the removal of racist symbols provides a necessary process for communities to remember historic acts of violence and recognize victims of oppression."
According to the LA Times, Wayne lived a good portion of his life in Newport Beach in Orange County, was a political power broker in the county and was buried in the city after his death in 1979.
EDITOR'S NOTE: My dear departed wife must be turning over in her grave because she worshiped the Duke.
We the people allowed this to happen in the 2008 election.
ReplyDeleteNo..John Wayne clearly spouted a bunch of racists bullshit. Are you really that stupid and racist yourself?
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