Peckerwood
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title:
Peckerwood
text:
Peckerwood is a term for a woodpecker which is used in the Southern United States and it is also used as a racial epithet for white people, especially poor rural whites. Originally an ethnic slur, the term has been embraced by a subculture related to prison gangs and outlaw motorcycle clubs. The term was in use as an inversion of woodpecker by the 1830s, with the sense referring to white people documented from the 1850s. African-American folklore in the 1920s contrasted the white "peckerwood" bi
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description:
Ethnic slur for white people
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peckerwood
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2024-02-23T17:58:38Z
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