The Slants
June 14, 2017
by philcline
in Blog / Cline on the Constitution / Free Speech
Simon Tam named his band “The Slants.” The name was intended to be a slur against people of Asian decent. Simon, himself a person of Asian descent, felt that by taking ownership of the derogatory term, he could drain it of its “denigrating force.” When he applied for a trademark for the name, the Federal […]