# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023/21 "2020-06-25T23:22:44Z")
At first glance, I scanned that as Robot E. Lee Ferguson 🤦‍♂️. Nevermind 😆. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023/22 "2020-06-26T00:18:49Z")
Arguably, the most well known use of ‘Dixie’ is the [blackface minstrelsy.song.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie_(song)) Call it virtue-signalling, but I can understand wanting to end even the appearance of an association to Dixieland. It’s also a virtual synonym for the Confederacy, and for the South in general too. Dumb idea for a band name in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Acerbic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acerbic/32/3695_2.png) [@Acerbic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acerbic)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023/23 "2020-06-26T00:48:07Z")
Thank the heavens Dixie Carter isn’t around to see this. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023/24 "2020-06-26T01:33:55Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > At first glance, I scanned that as Robot E. Lee Ferguson 🤦‍♂️. Nevermind 😆. A character for which Dr. Asimov somehow never quite found a place in his considerable volume of writings. ---
**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 26, 2020, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023/25 "2020-06-26T01:36:39Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > At first glance, I scanned that as Robot E. Lee Ferguson 🤦‍♂️. Nevermind 😆. Shhh! Don’t say robot Oops. Got it blurred. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023/26 "2020-06-26T01:40:26Z")
A friend from work sent me a link to their (new, I guess?) song _March March_. Good jam, actually. I didn’t even realize _The Chicks_ is them at first, but after the Lady A flap, I caught on (cuz I’m sharp like that). Seems like a good thing to me. I have no idea what they’ve said in the press or anything, but how can trying to be part of the solution be a bad thing? ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023/27 "2020-06-26T04:58:11Z")
> [@Ashtura](#): > > . . . you will then be in possession of “D Cups”. . . After that, Georgia Pacific will sell the brand to Victoria’s Secret. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023/28 "2020-06-26T09:04:29Z")
Yeah, this is the dumb part of this. “Dixie Chicks” at least had alliteration going for it; “The Chicks” sounds like a naive garage band. Also, they missed an opportunity to go full-on troll and rebrand themselves “Northern Aggression”. ---
**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 26, 2020, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023/29 "2020-06-26T10:09:03Z")
I just heard that song myself. It is really good. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023/30 "2020-06-26T11:13:57Z")
The only redeeming feature of the “rename to show your purity” wave is that it’s hilarious to watch from the sidelines. I’m pretty sure calling women “Chicks” is sexist. I eagerly look forward to the next name alteration to pander to the Offenderati. I guess they’ll be just “The”. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023/31 "2020-06-26T11:53:56Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Good news is Dixie State in Utah changing their name. Bad news is the new name is Polygamy State. 😂 Personally, I prefer Jewel Staite but maybe that’s just me… ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023/32 "2020-06-26T15:06:27Z")
The The is already taken. ---
**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 26, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023/33 "2020-06-26T15:10:35Z")
I’m frankly astounded that they are woke enough to see the problem with “Dixie”, but not “Chicks”. Does not compute. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023/34 "2020-06-26T15:31:19Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Also, they missed an opportunity to go full-on troll and rebrand themselves “Northern Aggression”. They could use some variant of the [Union battle flag](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States) in all their cover art and stage themes. ---
**Author:** ![ricksummon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ricksummon/32/3333_2.png) [@ricksummon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricksummon)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023/35 "2020-06-26T15:36:56Z")
**The™** is a trademark of **The Ohio State University™**. Go Buckeyes! 😁 ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023/36 "2020-06-26T15:40:44Z")
> [@ricksummon](#): > > **The™** is a trademark of **The Ohio State University™**. Go Buckeyes! 😁   Nope, it was denied. > **[Ohio State's Bid to Trademark the Word 'The' Denied by US Patent Office](https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/2853354-ohio-states-bid-to-trademark-the-word-the-denied-by-us-patent-office.amp.html)** > > The United States Patent and Trademark Office denied an initial attempt by the Ohio State University to trademark the word "the." Darren Rovell of the Action Network reported the update Wednesday... ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023/37 "2020-06-26T15:46:41Z")
> [@Ashtura](#): > > I’m frankly astounded that they are woke enough to see the problem with “Dixie”, but not “Chicks”. Does not compute. You… do realize they are women, right? Is this like complaining that black people can use the N word? Like are people going up to the former members of N.W.A telling them how problematic their name is? ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023/38 "2020-06-26T17:46:44Z")
Of all the racist, oppressive, nasty things in this country that need to go, I personally don’t think the term “Dixie” is one of them. But it’s their band, not mine. They can name it whatever they want for whatever reasons they want. I’m sure they didn’t make this decision on a whim. I’d rather they go a little overboard trying to be thoughtful and compassionate, than go overboard trying to offend people like their political opponents do. ---
**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 26, 2020, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023/39 "2020-06-26T18:18:57Z")
and who can forget Dixie Normous from Austin Powers 3 ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023/40 "2020-06-26T19:18:44Z")
> [@Ashtura](#): > > I’m frankly astounded that they are woke enough to see the problem with “Dixie”, but not “Chicks”. Does not compute. That’s exactly what my mom said. Even when she sorta kinda understood why Dixie might be racist, she jumped right into telling me that a lot of people are going to consider Chicks to be sexist. She seemed to be missing the point that they’re the chicks and they’re calling themselves chicks and if it’s derogatory, they’re choosing to using the term against themselves. It’s not an issue. ISTM that’s a good example of a whataboutism. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-are-now-the-chicks/913023.md?page=3)