[70th Division]

Peckerwood (or simply Wood) is a racial slur 19th century southern Black Americans used to describe poor whites. Blacks saw blackbirds as a symbol of themselves, and the redheaded woodpecker as a representation of working class whites. They considered them loud and troublesome like the bird, and sometimes with red hair like the woodpecker’s head plumes. This word is still widely used by southern blacks to refer to southern whites

[DBrow]

Thanks! I’ll need to practice teh Woody Woodpecker laugh for the next time yoots yell that at me!

[RikaStrom]

Thank you for the explanation, I'd heard the phrase but never the context.

Now I get it. :-)