John Wayne openly advocated white supremacy in a 1971 interview.

Evidence

In a 1971 interview in Playboy, Wayne was particularly harsh in his assessment of “the blacks”—“or colored, or whatever they want to call themselves: they certainly aren’t Caucasian”:

With a lot of blacks, there’s quite a bit of resentment along with their dissent, and possibly rightly so. But we can’t all of a sudden get down on our knees and turn everything over to the leadership of the blacks. I believe in white supremacy until the blacks are educated to a point of responsibility. I don’t believe in giving authority and positions of leadership and judgment to irresponsible people.

— Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 133