Okies and the Hardships of the Dust Bowl

The dust bowl is the name of Great Plains in the 1930s. Most of this area is an agricultural area, most economies depend on agricultural areas. Along with the Great Depression and Sand Storm, Great Plains farmers suffered serious injuries. These farmers are looking for opportunities elsewhere in the Pacific that are abused by other people. Abuse is a form of depriving citizenship by excluding groups of people from other societies and isolating them.

These sand refugees are known as "Okies". When they arrive in California, Okies face discrimination, sneaky labor, and poor wages. Many of them live in poor towns and tents with irrigation canals. Whatever its origin, "Okie" soon became a bad word for immigrants of the poor dust bowl.

Sandstorms contain many states of Great Plains, but immigrants are often called "Okies". In other words, about 20% of people come from Oklahoma. Immigrants from Voice of Dust are mainly from Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, and Missouri. Most people are British-American, and the roots of their families and cultures are in poor southern rural areas. There are few people in the house who are accustomed to using modern conveniences such as electricity and indoor plumbing. The majority of people interviewed by Todd and Sonkin share religious and political beliefs, attitudes towards other ethnic / cultural groups are racial, and until most of the time they arrive in California It is not in contact. This attitude sometimes leads to the use of derogatory words and the negative stereotypes of cultural outsiders.

Collecting sounds from dust bowls: Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin, Migrant Workers Collection, 1940 - 1941

John Steinbeck 's novel "The Grapes of Wrath" was published in 1939 and gathered the harsh attention facing "Okies". The poor peasants moved to California from the dust bowl to find a job. At the time of writing, John Steinbeck visited Bakersfield, California, and posted his book in the Alvin Federal Government camp wrote "Weedpatch Camp". (Owens, 5). Coupled with the plight of the Great Depression of the United States, the solemn and radical atmosphere of the camp gave the story an exciting view of the unforgettable moment.

In the 1930's the so-called Okies and Arkies went to California west and entered the Pacific Coast Northwest. I did a lot from John Steinbeck masterpiece "The Grapes of Wrath" and from government photographers and writers who did a wonderful job to record this migration. However, little is known about people who are not away from the dustball. I found that most people have never left. About two-thirds of the inhabitants of the sandstorm collapsed and experienced corruption in their thirties. How did they live? There was no food on the mainland, there was no job during the Great Depression, it was a long time since funds were obtained from the government. This is my starting point