The Dixie Chicks Changed Their Name Because Of Its Problematic Origins

'We want to meet this moment.'

The word"Dixie" is affectionate slang used to describe the Civil War-era South—a time when slavery was an acceptable and common practice., there are three different theories on where the name Dixie came from. One is that it refers to the Mason-Dixon line—the famous boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland that served as an informal line between Southern slave states and free states to the North. Any area below the line was known as"Dixie" or"Dixieland.

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