The Slants have been around since 2006. Simon Tam, the leader of the band, is Asian American. Calling his band The Slants got him into a lot of trouble: It landed him in court… and eventually the US Supreme Court. Tam wrote about his experience in a new memoir, Slanted: How an Asian American Troublemaker Took on the Supreme Court. He speaks to host Carol Hills.
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