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Jan 15, 2010 · Although Oklahomans left for other states, they made the greatest impact on California and Arizona, where the term "Okie" denoted any poverty-stricken migrant from the Southwest (Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas).
In the early 1990s the California Department of Transportation refused to allow the name of the "Okie Girl" restaurant to appear on a roadside sign on Interstate 5, arguing that the restaurant's name insulted Oklahomans; only after protracted controversy and a letter from the Governor of Oklahoma did the agency relent. [16]
Sep 30, 2020 · Multi-ethnic American families have often been disparagingly, disgracefully, and inaccurately described as “white trash”. Some of these same people later appear on history’s stage as “Okies”.
Apr 9, 2015 · As I explored the evolution of the term for a Wednesday piece in The Oklahoman, I uncovered a few surprising facts. Here they are: [pagebreak] 1. It’s widely thought author John Steinbeck invented the term with the 1939 publication of his American classic “Grapes of Wrath.”. That’s false.
Okies: a term for those who migrated from the American Southwest (primarily from Oklahoma) to California. Used with disparaging intent, the term was perceived as insulting, implying the worker was ignorant, poor, and uneducated. Okie Migration: the mass exodus of primarily farming families during the Dust Bowl and Great Depression era.
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According to this map by the US Department of Agriculture, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, and Kansas were hit harder and longer by the ecological consequences of the 1930s Dust Bowl. Yet farmers forced to leave their homes and move elsewhere are popularly known as "Okies" (from "Oklahoma"). Why?
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Apr 28, 2009 · In September 1941, The Oklahoman took its first known swipe at Steinbeck’s portrayal of an Okie with an editorial cartoon that depicted an Oklahoma farmer standing defiantly atop a pile of agricultural products labeled “state fair exhibits.”
