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Peckerwood
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Peckerwood is a term used as a racial epithet for white people, especially poor rural whites.[2] Originally an ethnic slur, the term has been embraced by a subculture related to prison gangs and outlaw motorcycle clubs.[3][4][5][6] The term was in use as an inversion of woodpecker in the Southern United States by the 1830s; it is also with the sense referring to white people documented from the 1850s.[2] African-American folklore in the 1920s contrasted the white "peckerwood" bird with the African-American blackbird.[6][7] The word became a common term in Jive.
- ^ "White Supremacist Prison Gangs in the United States: A Preliminary Inventory" (PDF). Anti Defamation League. 2016.
Connecticut: Branded Peckerwood Family (Size: Small); Minnesota: Inland Empire Peckerwoods ... Formed in 1995; Missouri: Peckerwood Midwest; Nebraska; New Mexico; Nevada; Oregon & Washington: International Peckerwood Syndicate
- ^ a b "peckerwood". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
- ^ Harper, Douglas. "peckerwood". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
- ^ Mezzrow, Mezz (1946). Really the Blues. New York: Kensington. p. 16. ISBN 9780806512051.
- ^ Killens, John Oliver (1967). Sippi. New York: Trident Press. LCCN 67016400. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ a b "Hate On Display: Peckerwood". ADL. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ "peckerwood". Dictionary.com Unabridged (Online). n.d. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
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