# Dixie Chicks are now the Chicks **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 25, 2020, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023 "2020-06-25T18:16:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023/1 "2020-06-25T18:16:40Z")
Makes sense because the 2 sisters were born in Mass. and Penn. šŸ˜ƒ Lead singer born in Texas which some people call the Southwest . They did join the confderacy. > **[The Chicks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chicks_(band))** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > The Chicks (previously known as Dixie Chicks) are an American country music band from Dallas, Texas. Since 1995, the band has consisted of Natalie Maines (lead vocals, guitar) and sisters Martie Maguire (vocals, fiddle, mandolin, guitar) and Emily Strayer (vocals, guitar, banjo, Dobro). Maguire and Strayer, both nĆ©e Erwin, founded the band in 1989 in Dallas, Texas, with bassist Laura Lynch and vocalist and guitarist Robin Lynn Macy. They performed... ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023/2 "2020-06-25T18:20:55Z")
> [@Wikipedia](#): > > The name change followed criticism that the word had negative connotations of [American slavery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States). The move was criticized by some conservative fans as [virtue signalling](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtue_signalling). So, Iā€™m neither conservative nor a fan, butā€¦ _is_ this an example of virtue signalling? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023/3 "2020-06-25T18:33:22Z")
"Weā€™re not going to use the word in our name with racist connotations anymore! From now on, weā€™re only using the sexist word as the name of our band!ā€™ ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023/4 "2020-06-25T18:39:54Z")
Good news is Dixie State in Utah changing their name. Bad news is the new name is Polygamy State. šŸ˜‚ ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023/5 "2020-06-25T18:49:11Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > > [@Wikipedia](#): > > > > The name change followed criticism that the word had negative connotations of [American slavery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States). The move was criticized by some conservative fans as [virtue signalling](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtue_signalling). > > So, Iā€™m neither conservative nor a fan, butā€¦ _is_ this an example of virtue signalling? After the W crack in the 2000s, I didnā€™t think they had any conservative fans anymore. The question is if conservatives who werenā€™t fans of the Chicks call this virtue signaling, would that itself be virtue signaling (to other conservatives)? ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023/6 "2020-06-25T18:51:47Z")
Many people agree with them that the 2nd Iraq war was not the best idea. Including Mr. Orange. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023/7 "2020-06-25T18:53:53Z")
The reason they were canceled, though, was because they insulted our President overseas. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023/8 "2020-06-25T19:10:04Z")
Their album that came out after they went after Bush sold well and went to #1 first week it came out. They picked up a lot of liberal fans too. They have a new album out next month. They also had a song ā€œNot ready to make niceā€ after the Bush comments and that went to #4. Their concert tickets still sell well. Talk about them being cancelled is overblown. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023/9 "2020-06-25T19:21:22Z")
Mel Gibson was pretty successful after he was persona non grata for drunken comments as well - doesnā€™t mean people donā€™t speak of him being canceled. Kevin Hart was supposedly canceled as well. Heā€™s still successful. There was a concerted attempt to end their career - thousands of country music stations banned their music, they were not invited to the 2003 ACM awards, even though they won 3 Grammys for Home. Not Ready to Make Nice barely got played on US country radio. Just because they fought through it doesnā€™t mean there wasnā€™t an attempt to cancel them. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023/10 "2020-06-25T20:23:57Z")
I never really got into the DC for whatever reason, but one of our bandmates recently suggested we cover [this tune](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c5b8ZtjwwY) - which seriously rocks iMO. (Tho a cover of a Tim Oā€™Brien tune.) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023/11 "2020-06-25T20:36:14Z")
From Wikipedia: After a hiatus, they toured again in 2010, 2013 and 2016. The Chicks have won 13 [Grammy Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award), including five in 2007 for _[Taking the Long Way](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taking_the_Long_Way)_ ā€”which received the [Grammy Award for Album of the Year](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Album_of_the_Year)ā€”and its single ā€œ[Not Ready to Make Nice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_Ready_to_Make_Nice)ā€. By March 2020, with 33 million certified albums sold,[[1]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chicks_(band)#cite_note-RIAA1-1) and sales of 27.5 million albums in the U.S. alone, they became the bestselling female band and bestselling country group in the U.S. during the [Nielsen SoundScan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nielsen_SoundScan) era (1991ā€“present). Yeah; I think they weathered that W storm just fine. ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023/12 "2020-06-25T20:37:02Z")
God this is so stupid. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023/13 "2020-06-25T21:01:44Z")
These are very strange and troubling times. Some people are going to go overboard in their attempts to not offend. Iā€™ve got no real problem with that. Things will settle down. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023/14 "2020-06-25T21:45:50Z")
I have a sister named ā€˜Dixieā€™ I donā€™t think sheā€™ll be dropping her name any time soon. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023/15 "2020-06-25T22:22:47Z")
I still have a sleeve of Dixie Cups in the cupboard left over from camping last year. Iā€™m I an unredeemable racist? ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023/16 "2020-06-25T22:43:36Z")
Eh, give it a couple weeks. Actually, what will probably happen is in a couple weeks Georgia-Pacific will make an announcement, and you will then be in possession of ā€œD Cupsā€. I suspect you will be okay after that, unless you continue to refer to them as Dixie Cups, in which case you probably will be considered an irredeemable racist. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023/17 "2020-06-25T22:48:16Z")
> [@Dallas\_Jones](#): > > I still have a sleeve of Dixie Cups in the cupboard left over from camping last year. > > Iā€™m I an unredeemable racist? Donā€™t use cups; use bottles. They are redeemable. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023/18 "2020-06-25T22:50:32Z")
That reminds meā€“I need to go to [Winn](https://www.winndixie.com/) to pick up some [Cups](https://www.dixie.com/) and some [Crystals](https://www.dixiecrystals.com/). Iā€™m having a [Land](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixieland) party. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023/19 "2020-06-25T23:15:25Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I have a sister named ā€˜Dixieā€™ > I donā€™t think sheā€™ll be dropping her name any time soon. I knew a girl named ā€œGayā€. She changed her name a couple of decades ago. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023/20 "2020-06-25T23:19:44Z")
The valedictorian of my graduating class was named Robt. E. Lee Ferguson. African American who is now a Doctor. I, always, from a very young age knew that mustā€™ve hard for him. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023.md?page=2)