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John Wayne's name on California airport faces new scrutiny

by Associated Press
| June 29, 2020 2:06 PM

In the latest move to change U.S. place names tied to racist groups and ideas, leaders of Orange County’s Democratic Party are pushing to drop film legend John Wayne’s name from the county’s airport because of his racist and bigoted comments.

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