Why were the Californians hostile to the Okies?

Why were the Californians hostile to the Okies? Because they arrived impoverished and because wages were low, many lived in filth and squalor in tents and shantytowns along the irrigation ditches. Consequently, they were despised as “Okies,” a term of disdain, even hate, pinned on economically degraded farm laborers no matter their state of origin. … Continue reading Why were the Californians hostile to the Okies?