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John Wayne Airportin California may be rename due to the actor ’s racist past tense . In the past several weeks , Hollywood has taken a hard tone at its treatment of race , with the world at large doing the same due to the on-going Black Lives Matter protest . This calendar week , several clowning pulled episodes or scenes from well out that featured characters in blackface , includingThe Office , Scrubs , and30 Rock . Animated comedies have had a reckoning as well , with actresses Jenny Slate and Kristen Bell abuse down from voicing biracial character onBig MouthandCentral Park . Additionally , The Simpsonsproducers announced they " will no longer have lily-white actors voice non - white characters , " following Hank Azaria ’s departure from playing Apu in the first place this yr .
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Now , almost 50 years after the consultation , modification may actually come because of it . Per theLos Angeles Times , Orange County ’s Democratic Party is hop to exchange the John Wayne Airport back to its original name of Orange County Airport . The party passed an emergency resolution calling for the name substitution , as well as removing any " other likenesses " of the actor . The resolution remark both the on-going dissent as well as the various demographics in Orange County as reasons to make the variety .
It ’s impossible to know at this time if anything will issue forth of the resolution . Others have tried to have the airport ’s name changed in the past tense with no hazard . However , this clock time does experience different , as there has never been this much momentum in the movement to examine racist individual and symbols . It also feels as though some change is finally happening , albeit far later than when it should have occurred .
Hollywood has mostly focused on more recent example of racist behavior . However , there have been some successful pushes to see the past , such as withHBO Max removingGone with the Windfrom its political platform . The pic was re - added this week with a picture message right contextualizing the picture ’s problematic treatment of race . Of course , in the eccentric ofJohn Wayne , no context is really necessary , as there ’s no way to justify his racist statement . Despite this , only time will tell if the resolution is enough for Orange County to in the end handle its aerodrome ’s problematic name .
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root : Los Angeles Times
