USC Will Remove John Wayne Exhibit Due To Actor’s Racist Statements

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The 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 Hollywoo…

, and in December school officials attempted to transform the display with a more expansive approach to examining cinema’s depiction of the American West. A large case of the exhibit was removed, and displays were expanded to include elements of Indigenous filmmaking, feminism and critical race theory, according to the school’s Daily Trojan newspaper.

Much of the reconsideration of Wayne’s status in Hollywood history began several years ago when a 1971 interview inmagazine resurfaced on the Internet and went viral. In the interview, Wayne addressed race relations by saying, in part, “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.

 

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The wrong move entirely. USC should take down everything that was made b4 the 70s then because people were not politically correct back then and wasn't the time for that.. The College looking for Social Credit with this move in my opinion

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