Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  (CNN) I te mea kaore e taea e te nuinga o te iwi te whakaatu i te rereketanga i waenga i te mana pupuri me te waitohu, he maha nga mea e tautohetia ana, penei i te kore o Washington Redskins ki te huri i to raatau ingoa, kia pai ai te iwi ki te ture waitohu. I tēnei wiki, i tirotirohia e tētahi kōti teitei ake tētahi waitohu iti iho te mōhiotanga - i te wā i whai te rōpū The Slants ki te tiaki i tōna ingoa. Ko The Slants e rima nga kaiwaiata Āhia-Āmerika no Portland, Oregon, e whakahonore ana ki ngā tau 80 i runga i te atamira - me te whakahonore ki tō rātou taonga tuku iho i runga i te ara whakahīhī. "Kei te hiahia matou ki te tango i nga whakaaro o te iwi e pa ana ki a matou, penei i nga kanohi whakahekeheke, me te whai i a raatau", e kii ana a Simon Shiao Tam, te kaiarahi o te roopu. Arā, i whai te rōpū i te whakaaro a Lenny Bruce, arā, ko te whakahoki anō i tētahi kupu whakahawea kia kore ai e whai tikanga. Ki ngā Slants, kāore te "slant" i te whakahawea, he whakamana. Me te nui ake o te mana ki a rātou. Heoi anō, i whakatau tētahi kaitohutohu o te US Patent and Trademark Office he whakahawea te "Slant" ki ngā Āhia, ā, ka whakakahoretia he rēhitatanga waitohu ki a rātou i raro i te wehenga e whakahaweatia ana (e ahau, ahakoa pēhea) o te Ture waitohu. Ko te wāhanga tēnei e tuku ana i te kāwanatanga ki te whakakahore i te tiaki waitohu ki tētahi waitohu he "kore tikanga", he "kino" he "kino whakahē". I tēnei take, ko te whakamutunga. Engari me tatari mo te meneti. Ehara tēnei i te pirionaire a Dan Snyder e kōrero ana ki ētahi atu tāngata hei "Redskins". I roto i te L'affair Redskins, ko te rōpū whakahawea, ko nga Amerikana taketake, e amuamu ana -- ehara i te kāwanatanga e whakatau ana ko ia anake te mea pai. I roto i te take o nga Slants, he tangata Āhia ēnei e mea ana "kāore e whakararuraru i a mātou, he aha ai kia whakararuraru i a koe?" A, ehara i te mea i uru mai ētahi rōpū Āhia-Āmerika ki roto. Ehara tēnei i te wā tuatahi i "whakahokia" ai e tētahi tētahi kupu whakahē i roto i tētahi pakanga waitohu. Tata ki te 10 tau ki muri, i whakahētia te karapu motopaika "Dykes on Bikes", ā, i whawhai rātau, i whiwhi i te tika ki te tiaki i tō rātou tohu. I hanga e rātau he tautohe ōrite i whai pānga: Ki te hiahia rātau ki te karanga i a rātau ko "Dykes on Bikes", he aha te wāhi e...
Marc Randazza: I whakaaetia e te kōti te whakakahoretanga waitohu mō te rōpū Āhia-Ā-Māori The Slants i runga i te take he whakahawea te ingoa. E mea ana ia kei te hē te kōti: Ko ngā waitohu he kōrero arumoni, e tiakina ana e te Whakatikatika Tuatahi. Te whakahaere i tētahi tohu, i ō tātou wā rānei e rangirua ana.