Student activists at the University of Southern California have called for a long-standing exhibit honouring alumnus John Wayne to be removed, after an interview resurfaced in which the actor said he believes in white supremacy.
The students’ demands follow a recent campaign to have the name of Orange County’s John Wayne Airport changed.
It quoted Wayne, who died in 1979, saying: “I believe in white supremacy until the blacks are educated to a point of responsibility.”
Students have cited what they claim is Wayne’s “legacy of endorsing white supremacy and the removal of indigenous people” as their reason for requesting the exhibit be taken down.