The University of Southern California’s (USC) School of Cinematic Arts will remove an exhibit previously dedicated to movie icon John Wayne.
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Ellise Shafer editorThe Democratic Party of Orange County passed an emergency resolution this week calling on the Orange County Board of Supervisors to change the name of John Wayne Airport.Submitted by Ada Briceño, chair of the Democratic Party of Orange County, along with Chapman University professors Fred Smoller and Dr. Michael A.
The University of Southern California’s (USC) School of Cinematic Arts will remove an exhibit previously dedicated to movie icon John Wayne.
1971 interview with Playboy magazine resurfaced.During the chat the True Grit star reportedly said, “I believe in white supremacy until the blacks are educated to a point of responsibility.
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USC’s School of Cinematic Arts will remove its John Wayne exhibit after months of students and alumni protesting keeping such a tribute to the actorendorsed white supremacy. Protests over the exhibit followed resurfaced racist comments by the actor in a 1971Playboy magazine interview.
a statement the university tweeted.Also Read: Beyond Blackface: Can Hollywood's Reckoning on Race Lead to Substantive Change?USC students have pushed to have the exhibit removed since last year when a 1971 Playboy Magazine interview with Wayne resurfaced.“With a lot of blacks, there’s quite a bit of resentment along with their dissent, and possibly rightfully so.
Ellise Shafer editorUSC announced on Friday that its School of Cinematic Arts will remove an exhibit dedicated to John Wayne after student protests regarding the actor’s racist past.Wayne attended USC on a football scholarship in the 1920s and the exhibit honoring him was created in 2012.
The University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts announced its decision on Friday to remove a John Wayne exhibit from its main building. Assistant Dean of Diversity and Inclusion Evan Hughes explained the school's decision in a memo shared on Twitter.
Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticThe USC School of Cinematic Arts will remove an exhibit devoted to actor John Wayne, a USC student and football player in the 1920s, after months of insistence from students denouncing the Hollywood star’s on-the-record racism and the portrayal of Indigenous Americans in many of his films.The removal was announced today by Evan Hughes, the school’s Assistant Dean of Diversity & Inclusion.“Conversations about systemic racism in our cultural institutions
John Wayne’s son is appalled by demands to remove the movie icon’s name from an Orange County, California airport over his alleged ties to racism.
Two California Democrats in Orange County who called for the John Wayne Airport to be renamed are speaking out after the late American icon’s son, Ethan Wayne, came to his defense on Monday. Fred Smoller and Dr.
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.
John Wayne’s family is slamming proposals calling for the Orange County airport that bears his name to be given a different name, due to racist and homophobic comments made by the iconic Hollywood star, who died in 1979.
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The Democratic Party of Orange County this week demanded in a resolution for John Wayne's name, statue and other likenesses be removed from the local airport.
TMZ reported today that democrats are now trying to change the name of an Orange County airport. Reportedly, politicians in the area aren’t happy with the John Wayne Airport in Orange County due to the fact the actor had famously made remarks 50 years ago that many people today find very offensive.