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How the Slants won the right to keep their name

Simon Tam of the Slants talks to Tom Power about the concept of reclaiming racially offensive terms.
Asian-American rock band The Slants have won a Supreme Court ruling to retain their name. (TheSlants.com )

Who gets to use offensive racial slurs in pop culture? The Slants, an Asian-American rock band, went all the way to the Supreme Court to trademark their band name.

Simon Tam of the Slants talks to Tom Power about the concept of reclaiming racially offensive terms, and the question of non-minority bands using similar terms as band names.

— Produced by Chris Trowbridge


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