Talk:Okie

Should we mention that most of the Okies were of mixed ethnic backround?

Why not?

well for one thing there aren't any hard statistics to back my assertion.

However since many Oklahomans at the time were Indians and the one who weren't were often hidding their mixed race backround it stands to reason many Okies were of mixed blood. grazon 01:00, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Norfolk

The same person who made this edit also made this edit. I have reverted it. —Ashley Y 03:12, 2 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Modern Usage

The term Okie has simply grown to be viewed less derogatory. It's not that the people in Oklahoma are ignorant of its routes... I'd know, I'm from Oklahoma...--CountCrazy007 01:30, 16 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Other Oklahomans would disagree with you, however, and say it's quite the opposite. User:Charlietwohats added most/all of the contributions about it, and seemed quite adamant about his experience with it. I dampened the tone he put in a bit, but I'm a Jersey boy and am largely ignorant of its actual use (and so can't speak with any sort of authority on the issue). Feel free to remove it entirely if you like; I certainly won't object. --Xanzzibar 01:47, 16 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

 I don't know where in Oklahoma CountCrazy could be from but he is very very wrong. I am from Oklahoma, live there & polled some 20 + people on this. the only ones who did  NOT consider it insulting were 2 young women who moved just across the line in Texas.  After the origin  was explained to them they were very embarassed.
  No one else would as they state ever consider using it to describe themselves. As one not-so-gentleman said. "I'll stomp your ass you call that"

 Saying it is is a simple derivation is like saying Nigger is just a variant of Niger (river). A few people misusing a term (deliberately?) does not excuse a reference for attempting to change meanings.
  Having been in music business, I can assure you that Merle Haggard's song "okie from Muskogee" was in intent sole degrogatory and an act of his personal revenge on the town that treated him & other rural people shabbily. Jst note the lyrics, they are mostly insulting.
  I feel that as shown above in that discussion that if you are removing comments by people that disagree with your 1984 "newspeak" then you are dong a major disservice.

Can I remove countCrazy's demeaning remarks now?