Okie

As Okies one called a group of economic refugees who had fled in the 1930s from the economic consequences of the Great Depression, but also from the ecological disaster in the so-called Dust Bowl of Oklahoma to California and from there to Latin American and Filipino laborers for day laborers jobs in agriculture and the processing industry competed.

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The fate of the Okies in the 30s was described among others by the writer John Steinbeck in his novel " The Grapes of Wrath " ( Grapes of Wrath, 1939) and by the folk singer Woody Guthrie, who was himself a " Okie ".

The country singer Merle Haggard landed in 1969 with the song Okie from Muskogee a No. 1 hit. Okie is also called an album by JJ Cale.

Okie - paradox

The humorist and philosopher Will Rogers created the most famous example of the " stage migration" paradox when he said: "When the Okies left Oklahoma and moved to California, They raised the average intelligence level in Both states. " ( German: "As moved the inhabitants from Oklahoma to California, they raised the average intelligence in both states. " )

  • Ethnic group of the United States
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