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This is a racial term used by Southern blacks to disparage Whites. This article pretends like it's something else. It even uses sources and then misrepresents the sources.

"Peckerwood" was used by my father, a white southerner from Arkansas, as a pejorative for white males who acted silly, stupid, obnoxious or ignorant. He told me that it was because a woodpecker lives alone in the forest and has solitary vices and other bad habits. :) Halfelven 05:41, 22 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's also used by Italians in Kansas City to refer to non-Italian whites. I have no documentation of this fact, unfortunately. --Raulpascal (talk) 22:45, 3 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I recommend splitting this article up

The "other uses" section should be a stand-alone disambiguation page. Comments? davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 04:33, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Peckerwood a term commonly used in the Northern part of California by family members not white but with relation to the subject which would not be in any way racial , but in humor. Pointing out the fact of white ethenticity of the close family member to be mexican. Peckerwood (Jacob) , Mexican (Alfonso) . Facts not fictional. RC —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.224.9.143 (talk) 12:09, 25 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Geez, y'all have no clue what a peckerwood is. I'm a proud peckerwood out of LA but it's not like an organization, it's the "wood pile" of white boys with heart that band together when they find themselves in the correctional system. 173.184.17.90 (talk) 21:22, 12 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Very Common-From Older Southern Whites- A term used "Back then" to describe a man, who finding his wife in adultery, would tie her to a tree and abuse her sexually, or a white man tying a black woman to a tree for the purpose of rape. —Preceding unsigned comment added by WildWzl (talk • contribs) 19:27, 30 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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+== Bad article ==
+This is a racial term used by Southern blacks to disparage Whites. This article pretends like it's something else. It even uses sources and then misrepresents the sources.
 "Peckerwood" was used by my father, a white southerner from Arkansas, as a pejorative for white males who acted silly, stupid, obnoxious or ignorant. He told me that it was because a woodpecker lives alone in the forest and has solitary vices and other bad habits. :) [[User:Halfelven|Halfelven]] 05:41, 22 July 2006 (UTC)