Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  (CNN) Tichifunga kuti vanhu vazhinjisa havagoni kutaura musiyano uri pakati pekodzero yokunyora nechiratidzo, kazhinji kazhinji kunoda chimwe chinhu chinopokanwa, chakadai sokuramba kweWashington Redskins kuchinja zita ravo, kuti vanhu vafarire mutemo wezviratidzo. Vhiki rino, dare repamusoro rakanyatsoongorora chiratidzo chisingazivikanwi zvikuru - apo boka reThe Slants rakatsvaka kudzivirira zita raro. VaSlant vaimbi vashanu vokuAsia vokuAmerica vanobva kuPortland, Oregon, avo vanopa rukudzo kuma1980 vari pachikuva - uye vanopa rukudzo kunhaka yavo nenzira inosetsa. "Tinoda kutora mifananidzo yakajairika ine vanhu pamusoro pedu, yakaita semeso akarerekera, uye kuigamuchira", Simon Shiao Tam, mutungamiri weboka racho, akadaro. Nemamwe mashoko, boka racho rakagamuchira uzivi hwaLenny Bruce hwokudzokorora shoko rinoshora kusvikira risisiri kureva chinhu. KuvaSlants, "slant" hakusi kutuka, kunopa simba. Uye simba rakawanda kwavari. Zvinosuruvarisa kuti, mumwe mukuru mukuru weU.S. Patent and Trademark Office akafunga kuti "Slant" yaizvidza vanhu vokuAsia, uye akavaramba kunyoresa chiratidzo chavo pasi pechikamu 2 (a) chomutemo wechiratidzo chinoshorwa nevanhu vakawanda. Ichi ndicho chikamu chinobvumira hurumende kuramba kudzivirira chiratidzo kune chiratidzo chiri "chisina tsika", "chinonyadzisa" kana kuti "chinozvidza". Muchiitiko chino, chokupedzisira. Asi chimbomira. Uyu haasi muzvinabhirioni Dan Snyder achitaura nezvevamwe vanhu se"Redskins". Mu"L'affair Redskins", iboka rakaderedzwa, vaAmerica Vokutanga, vari kunyunyuta - kwete hurumende ichizvisarudzira yoga kuti inoziva zvakanakisisa. Muchiitiko chevaSlants, ava varume vokuAsia vanoti "hazvinei nesu, saka nei zvichifanira kukunetsai?" Uye hakusati kuri sokunge kuti mapoka api naapi eAsia America akabatanidzwa. Aka hakasi kokutanga kuti mumwe munhu "adzore" shoko rinokanganisa mukurwisana nezviratidzo. Anenge makore 10 akapfuura, kirabhu yemidhudhudhu "Dykes on Bikes" yakarambwa nenzira yakafanana, uye yakarwisa ndokuwana maruramiro okudzivirira chiratidzo chayo. Vakaita nharo dzakafanana idzo dzakateerera: Kana vaida kuzvidana vamene kuti "Dykes paMabhasikoro", ipapo nzvimbo ipi iyo hurumende...
Marc Randazza: Dare rinotsigira kurambwa kwechiratidzo chechiratidzo cheboka reAsia-America rinonzi The Slants pamusana pokuti zita racho raizvidzisa. Anoti dare harina kururama: Zviratidzo zvokutengeserana kutaura kwezvokutengeserana, kunodzivirirwa neFirst Amendment. Kutonga chiratidzo kana kuti nguva dzedu dzinogumburwa nyore nyore.