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]]>The Democratic Party of Orange County, California, is pushing to remove John Wayne’s name and statue from the county’s airport because of racist and bigoted comments the film legend made.
The Democratic Party of Orange County passed a resolution last week condemning “white supremacist, anti-LGBT and anti-Indigenous views” Wayne made in a 1971 interview.
The resolution asks the county’s Board of Supervisors to restore the international airport’s original name: Orange County Airport.
“Orange County is now a diverse region far different from the time when John Wayne was chosen as namesake for the airport,” the resolution states. It cites a recent annual survey that says 79 percent of respondents see the county’s increasing ethnic diversity as “a source of great strength.”
“An international airport that welcomes millions of people each year should not be named for someone whose beliefs oppose our nation’s values of equal opportunity and justice for all,” said Ada Briceño, chair of the Democratic Party of Orange County.
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The effort is part of “a national movement to remove white supremacist symbols and names” that 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,” the resolution says.
Politics in the county, which for decades was a Republican stronghold, have shifted in the last year. Data from the Orange County Registrar of Voters shows that registered Democrats outnumber Republicans, 607,024 to 567,665.
Wayne, a longtime resident of Orange County, died in 1979 at 72.
In April 2016, a resolution to honor Wayne in California was shot down in the state Assembly after critics expressed concern about bigoted statements he had made against Black people, Native Americans and members of the LGBTQ community. A Republican Assembly member had sought to declare May 26, 2016, as John Wayne Day to mark the day the actor was born.
In a 1971 interview, Wayne told Playboy magazine: “We can’t all of a sudden get down on our knees and turn everything over to the leadership of the blacks. 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 also said that although he didn’t condone slavery, “I don’t feel guilty about the fact that five or 10 generations ago these people were slaves.”
Wayne called movies such as “Easy Rider” and “Midnight Cowboy” perverted and used a gay slur to refer to the two main characters of the latter film.
Asked whether he felt any empathy toward American Indians, Wayne said: “I don’t feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them, if that’s what you’re asking. Our so-called stealing of this country from them was just a matter of survival.”
He added, “There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves.”
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]]>John Wayne’s son is speaking out after California Democrats in Orange County recently demanded 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 resolution, which passed on Friday, is asking the county’s board of supervisors to restore the name to Orange County Airport.
In a statement to Fox News on Monday, Ethan Wayne said: “Let me make one thing clear — John Wayne was not a racist. I know that term is casually tossed around these days, but I take it very seriously. I also understand how we got to this point.
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“There is no question that the words spoken by John Wayne in an interview 50 years ago have caused pain and anger,” Ethan continued, referencing the late actor’s 1971 interview with Playboy. “They pained him as well, as he realized his true feelings were wrongly conveyed.”
Ethan Wayne, 8, gets a hug from dad, John Wayne, after filming a shootout scene with outlaws in ‘The Million Dollar Kidnapping.’
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In the interview at the time, Wayne is quoted saying, “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 also said he felt no remorse for the subjugation of Native Americans and called movies such as “Easy Rider” and “Midnight Cowboy” perverted.
Ethan, who is Wayne’s youngest son and president of John Wayne Enterprises, went on to say in his statement on Monday: “The truth is, as we have seen in papers from his archives, he did not support ‘white supremacy’ in any way and believed that responsible people should gain power without the use of violence.
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“Those who knew him, knew he judged everyone as an individual and believed everyone deserved an equal opportunity,” Ethan added. “He called out bigotry when he saw it. He hired and worked with people of all races, creeds, and sexual orientations. John Wayne stood for the very best for all of us — a society that doesn’t discriminate against anyone seeking the American dream.”
Ethan said that it “would be an injustice to judge him based on a single interview, as opposed to the full picture of who he was.”
“The current focus on social justice is absolutely valid and necessary. But attempts by some to use it for political advantage distract from real opportunities for reform,” he said.
The 58-year-old also explained what his father would have done if he was still alive today.
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“One thing we know – if John Wayne were here today, he would be in the forefront demanding fairness and justice for all people,” Ethan said. “He would have pulled those officers off of George Floyd, because that was the right thing to do. He would stand for everyone’s right to protest and work toward change.”
Unspecified – 1970: John Wayne, behind the scenes of the making of ‘Rio Lobo’, for the ABC special ‘Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo’.
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Wayne passed away at age 72 from cancer in 1979.
“Since his death more than 40 years ago, his legacy continues through the John Wayne Cancer Foundation, which has helped provide courage, strength and grit to the fight against cancer, and through his extensive film library. My father believed that we can learn from yesterday, but not by erasing the past. His name, no matter where it is, will always embody these values, and our family knows the positive impact that he made on the world will never be diminished,” Ethan concluded his statement.
The push to oust Wayne, who was a longtime county resident, from the airport’s name has a lengthy history. The airport, which is in the heart of Orange County, dates back decades and county officials voted to change the name to remember Wayne when he died.
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Deanne Thompson, an airport spokeswoman, has previously said the county has no plans to change the name or remove a statue of Wayne from the airport, though the issue comes up periodically, including last year.
However, the current push comes as thousands of Americans have taken to the streets to protest police brutality against black people and systemic racism in the wake of George Floyd’s death.
In many places, communities have moved to take down statues of former slaveholders — or topple them — and remove the Confederate emblem from imagery including Mississippi’s state flag, as well as rename buildings and institutions that are named after people deemed to have held racist views or committed racist acts.
Fox News’ Adam Shaw and The Associated Press contributed to this report
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