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How a Portland band with a controversial name used their platform to fight racism
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The Slants formed in 2006 with an all Asian American group of musicians. As an anti-racist move, they made the slur their name to neutralize it. The band even filed to trademark their name and took their case all the way to the Supreme Court.
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