John Wayne Exhibit at USC Removed Following Student Protests

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.

John Wayne was one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, yet his ultra-conservative views on race and other hot-button topics have the “True Grit” star a controversial figure in the modern era.

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.

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.

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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

When Netflix announced that its celebrated series “Dear White People” had seen a massive increase in viewership during the social justice protests that erupted following George Floyd‘s death it was admittedly a “weird consolation prize” for creator Justin Simien.

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 appalled by demands to remove the movie icon’s name from an Orange County, California airport over his alleged ties to racism.Local politicians have called for a rebranding of the John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana over comments the late actor made about the black, Native American and LGBTQ+ communities in a 1971 interview with Playboy magazine.During the chat the True Grit star reportedly said, “I believe in white supremacy until the blacks are educated to a point of

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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