Peckerwood
Peckerwood (or simply wood) is a Southern US slang term for woodpecker. It is used to describe poor rural whites similar to white trash. Originally an ethnic slur, the term has been embraced by a subculture related to prison gangs and outlaw motorcycle clubs. The origin of the word comes from the Southern African-American dialect version of woodpecker circa 1825-1935. Folklore in the 1920s used the word as a symbolic contrast to the blackbird that represented African-Americans.
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Peckerwood
Peckerwood (or simply wood) is a Southern US slang term for woodpecker. It is used to describe poor rural whites similar to white trash. Originally an ethnic slur, the term has been embraced by a subculture related to prison gangs and outlaw motorcycle clubs. The origin of the word comes from the Southern African-American dialect version of woodpecker circa 1825-1935. Folklore in the 1920s used the word as a symbolic contrast to the blackbird that represented African-Americans.
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Peckerwood (or simply wood) is ...... represented African-Americans.
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Peckerwood subculture
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Sureños, due to alliance with ...... Gangster Disciples , Juggalos
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Drug trafficking, murder, theft, burglary, hate crimes
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White, as well as white and/or mixed-race latino
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Peckerwood street gangs
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Black Guerilla Family , Nuestr ...... ague , Outlaws Motorcycle Club
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European Kindred
Nazi Lowriders
Peckerwood street gangs:
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Statewide, but mainly California, Texas and the U.S. south and southwest
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Peckerwood (or simply wood) is ...... represented African-Americans.
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Peckerwood
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