Queer allies The Dixie Chicks ditch ‘Dixie’ and its slavery-era connotations to become simply The Chicks

The Dixie Chicks, the platinum-selling country-trio, have changed their name to simply The Chicks to move away from racism. “Dixie” is a nostalgic nickname for the Confederate-era South and, in a tacit acknowledgment of the damaging, racist baggage of the term in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests, the...