tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224037410105354251.post4653885065014577667..comments2024-03-25T04:55:45.033-07:00Comments on A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE: JOHN WAYNE AND HIS RACIST BELIEFSUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224037410105354251.post-10752275160374886322020-02-12T17:21:59.677-08:002020-02-12T17:21:59.677-08:00Did you personally know him? You have no idea if h...Did you personally know him? You have no idea if he was a good man or not? The previous commenter is correct, you cannot judge people’s comments from the past in today’s context. You have to see them in relation to their time and culture. John Wayne as with all people should be judged by his actions and what he did. how he treated people. Same with Andrew Jackson he cannot be held to today’s political or social ideals he is a product of his time not ours. There is not a single person alive today that is due reparations as any action was taken against and in benefit of previous generations. Presenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02351954989283316159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224037410105354251.post-40726875544148188612019-03-06T07:28:10.209-08:002019-03-06T07:28:10.209-08:00you are kidding right? There is no misinterpretat...you are kidding right? There is no misinterpretation of white supremacy. The context in which he meant in the '70s is the same as it had been after the end of the Civil War. John Wayne was a racist, no two ways about it. At least he admitted the land was stolen from the Indians; but mentions nothing about the brutality of it all. He reminds me of Andrew Jackson, another racists. John Wayne was not a good man, he was not...that man you saw on screen is not the same man in reality.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01122030539620401701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224037410105354251.post-21596271299453481412019-02-24T22:07:16.254-08:002019-02-24T22:07:16.254-08:00It's unfair to apply today's vocabulary/at...It's unfair to apply today's vocabulary/attitudes to people who were born 112 years ago. The quote about "white supremacy" was not made in the same context as it would be understood if spoken today. He was basically just saying that most blacks (at that time) hadn't yet had the opportunities for education and leadership experience necessary to lead the country. John Wayne was a good man, and is known to have treated everyone respectfully. Incidentally, all three of his wives were Latinas. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com