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Simon S. Tam

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in San Diego, CA, The United States

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Simon Tam is an award-winning musician, author, entrepreneur, and social justice activist.

Simon is best known as the founder and bassist of The Slants, the world’s first and only all-Asian American dance rock band. His approach to activism through the arts has been highlighted in thousands of media features across 82 countries, including: BBC World News, NPR, TIME Magazine, MTV, CBS, and the Wall Street Journal.

Since 2000, he has been a performer, presenter, and keynote at events and organizations such as TEDx, SXSW, Comic-Con, The Department of Defense, Stanford University, Rotary International, and over 1,200 others across North America, Europe, and Asia.

He has won numerous accolades for his music, activism, non-profit leadership, and co ...more

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Anthem

Yesterday, my band released a new single in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It’s called Anthem.

I hope you’ll take a listen and consider making a donation to an organization fighting for racial justice (we have a few listed at www.theslants.com/anthem)

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“Your uniqueness is your greatest strength, not how well you emulate others.”
― Simon S. Tam

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“Why does a government agency that has no connection with my community have the right to dictate what is appropriate for it?”
― Simon S. Tam

tags: government-corruption, race, racism, social-justice, systemic-racism

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“People buy into this false notion of reverse racism, where they believe that just because there’s a group of people getting together to share something about their heritage that we’re excluding white people. But that’s not the reality.”
― Simon S. Tam

tags: race, racism, racism-in-america, reverse-racism, white-privilege

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“Your uniqueness is your greatest strength, not how well you emulate others.”
― Simon S. Tam

tags: apa, api, asian, asian-american, branding, business, charity, marketing, marketing-expert, music, music-industry, musician, nonprofit, social-media

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“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

tags: attributed-no-source, friends, friendship, misattributed-albert-camus

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“Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.”
― Albert Camus

tags: human-nature, man, mankind, philosophy

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“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”
― Albert Camus

tags: seasons, strength, trial, triumph

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“There are perhaps many causes worth dying for, but to me, certainly, there are none worth killing for.”
― Albert Dietrich, Army Gi, Pacifist Co: The World War II Letters of Frank Dietrich and Albert Dietrich

tags: martyrdom, misattributed-to-albert-camus, pacifism, principles, war

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