Slanted Quotes

“She wasn’t squeamish when it came to eating offal—in fact, she approached different food cultures with the same genuine curiosity that she wished others would have for her own.”
― Simon Tam, Slanted: How an Asian American Troublemaker Took on the Supreme Court

“For our whole lives, we heard about you. Ever since elementary school, we learned about the band who was willing to fight for our community, for the dignity of being able choose for ourselves.”
― Simon Tam, Slanted: How an Asian American Troublemaker Took on the Supreme Court

“And now, my fiancé was trapped in my house with no access to water while I was selfishly doing my own thing in Washington.”
― Simon Tam, Slanted: How an Asian American Troublemaker Took on the Supreme Court

“You should always follow your heart, especially if that fight brings justice to more people than only yourself,” they told me. “Sometimes organizations are slow to understand, sometimes they have different competing interests, and sometimes they can be wrong. Minoru was driven by a strong sense of justice, we should all follow that example and never give up.”
― Simon Tam, Slanted: How an Asian American Troublemaker Took on the Supreme Court

“The U.S. government has no problem using Asians when needed—for labor or doing some outreach on their behalf—but are just as quick to strip of us of our rights when convenient.”
― Simon Tam, Slanted: How an Asian American Troublemaker Took on the Supreme Court

“Even though I grew up with a deep desire to help struggling communities, I never identified myself as an activist.”
― Simon Tam, Slanted: How an Asian American Troublemaker Took on the Supreme Court

“In retrospect, I wasn’t sure if they were hitting on me or just being friendly, but either way, it was a really cool surprise.”
― Simon Tam, Slanted: How an Asian American Troublemaker Took on the Supreme Court

“I’m not quite sure we really got any of it (or if any of the artists did either), but we could definitely connect to the emotion behind it, and the frustration that democracies were failing to uphold their own intended values.”
― Simon Tam, Slanted: How an Asian American Troublemaker Took on the Supreme Court

“These officials were all in D.C., but none of them showed up for us on our day in court. The government was keen on calling our band when they wanted to reach Asian Americans, proclaiming us champions of the community. The same government was just as quick to toss us aside, calling us racist against our own community, when they wanted to highlight the dangers of free speech.”
― Simon Tam, Slanted: How an Asian American Troublemaker Took on the Supreme Court