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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. [2] . Originally an ethnic slur, the term has been embraced by a subculture related to prison gangs and outlaw motorcycle clubs.
In California, the term spread from the prison to the streets in the form of so-called peckerwood gangs, white gangs that mix elements of street gang, prison gang, and racist skinhead gang. Their white supremacy is more often crude than sophisticated and they have a high association with traditional criminal activity, such as drugs.
Peckerwood, derived from an old racial epithet aimed at whites, has evolved to become a term used to refer to white prisoners, particularly white prisoners belonging to the white supremacist prison gang subculture.
Hate on Display / Peckerwood (hand sign) The term " peckerwood " originated as a racial epithet directed at White people. Today, it has been adopted by adherents of the white supremacist prison gang subculture, especially in southern and western states, to refer to themselves.
ALTERNATE NAMES: Wood, Woodpile, PW. The word "peckerwood" originated as an African American slang term for "woodpecker" in the 1800s, but by the early 1900s began to be applied as a racial epithet against White people, with a meaning similar to the term "white trash."
Racist Hand Signs. The term "peckerwood" originated as a racial epithet directed at White people. Today, it has been adopted by adherents of the white supremacist prison gang subculture, especially in southern and western states, to refer to themselves.
He'd written about the etymology of some anti-white slurs: peckerwood, Miss Anne and Mister Charlie, and buckra, a term that was once widely used throughout the black diaspora, in the Americas,...
