The Importance of Language

Nico: Words change meaning over time, right? You used to call an African-American Negro. And now that is seen as offensive. Nico: People in these communities try and kind of reclaim these words. That was the case with the ban the slants who I've had on the podcast before they had a case called all the way up to the Supreme Court. They tried to trademark their name as slants but were turned down by patent office. It's easy to go along with the flow; it's harder to say, wait a minute, folks, let's not be so precious. Let's have language," he says.