Many who point out what John Wayne said about white
supremacy not only ignore the context but just quote him as saying "I
believe in white supremacy ..." and ignore the rest of the sentence as
well as the context. What is also usually ignored is the context of the time in
which he said it. For example, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 did not give
non-whites equal rights as racial equality was already the law of the land; the
Civil Rights Act of 1964 made discrimination against whites through egalitarianism
and racial quotas and preferential treatment of blacks and other minorities
inevitable. Also, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 did not give non-whites the
right to vote in the South as they already had the right to vote in every State
for almost a century; it secured the vote for illiterates who would have been
ineligible to vote prior to 1965 even if they had been white. (Prior to 1965
the state of Alabama and other Southern States required basic literacy and a
basic knowledge of the US Constitution and state government to be eligible to
vote. If black people were not allowed to vote in Alabama and other Southern
States prior to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, how do you explain the black
counties and black cities in Alabama and other Southern States with black public
officials and all-black electorates prior to 1965? While universal suffrage may
sound like a noble cause, this inevitably changes a republic into a
majoritarian democracy, mob rule, that gives unchequed government power to
charismatic personalities.) These are just two examples. I am not promoting
racism; I am simply asking you to look at the statement in context and in view
of the perspective from which it was said.
John
Wayne was married three times, each time to Hispanic women. White Supremacists
do not marry Hispanics.
John
Wayne was not a draft dodger; he served in the Office of Strategic Services during
World War II.
Did John Wayne Say He Believed in White Supremacy?
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