This frankly quantitative approach to riding is paying off handsomely this season for Robert Nelson (“Okie”) Ussery, 23, who has risen from a dust-eater generally back in the pack of national ...

Californians turned "Okie" into an insult. My family had similar insults thrown at them — “Mexican” and “paisa." Column: 'Okie' was a California slur for white people.