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.
There have been a number of pushes to rename the airport as a result of those comments after they resurfaced.
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