John Wayne airport identify trade: Leaders push to take away

SANTA ANA, Calif. — In the most recent transfer to modify position names in gentle of U.S. racial historical past, leaders of Orange County’s Democratic Party are pushing to drop movie legend John Wayne’s identify, statue and different likenesses from the county’s airport on account of his racist and bigoted feedback. The Los Angeles Times reported that previous this week, officers handed an emergency answer condemning Wayne’s “racist and bigoted statements” made in a 1971 interview and are calling at the Orange County Board of Supervisors to drop his identify, statue and different likenesses from the world airport. The answer requested the board “to restore its original name: Orange County Airport.” “There have been past efforts to get this done