Share 'California Legislature’s Rejection of John Wayne Day Barely Touches the Surface of America’s Revered Icon’s Uber Racist Views on African-Americans'

Earl Ofari Hutchinson The California State Assembly rejected a John Wayne Day resolution authored by Orange County Republican Assemblyman Matthew Harper because Wayne said in a Playboy interview in May, 1971 he believed in “white supremacy.” As bad as that was it was just the tip of the iceberg of Wayne’s hard core mean spirited, ultra-racist views about African-Americans. Despite the California…