JAKARTA - The 'Black Lives Matter' (BLM) solidarity movement has not ended. Not enough with the destruction of statues related to the history of discrimination, slavery, or racism, now demonstrators in the United States (US) are demanding that the authorities remove the name of the airport in Orange County, John Wayne Airport.
Launching CNA, the demonstrators considered the name John Wayne, a Hollywood actor, to support the racism movement in the US. Wayne, who is now deceased, has made comments deemed supportive of white supremacy. Wayne is also considered anti-LGBT and has native resistance.
As revealed by the Democrat Party, Wayne, who was interviewed by Playboy magazine in 1971, expressed his support for white supremacy. In the interview, Wayne said: I believe in white supremacy. I don't feel guilty about the fact that five or ten generations ago these people were slaves.
In an official statement by the Democratic Party on Friday, they condemned the racist and fanatical statements of John Wayne. They also called for John Wayne's name to be removed immediately from Orange County airport, as part of solidarity with the death of black man George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police.
The US President, Donald Trump, rejected these demands. Monday, June 29, Trump revealed on social media that Democrats' demand to remove John Wayne's name from Orange County airport was utter foolishness.
Can anyone believe that Princeton just dropped the name of Woodrow Wilson from their highly respected policy center. Now the Do Nothing Democrats want to take off the name John Wayne from an airport. Incredible stupidity!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 29, 2020
"Now the do-nothing Democrats want to get John Wayne's name removed from the airport. What a foolishness," Trump said in a tweet.
Even so, Wayne's own family had always been reluctant to comment on the interview. Moreover, for the family the ceremony was carried out half a century ago.
"It would be an injustice to judge someone based on interviews that are used out of context. They are trying to challenge how he lives his life," Wayne's son Ethan told CNN last year.
Meanwhile, Wayne himself is a seasoned actor who has played in 150 films for six decades. As a result, he was nominated for three Oscar awards, and won an Oscar for Best Actor for his role in True Grit (1969).
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