Texas lawmaker: Asians should change their names to make them ‘easier for Americans to deal with.’

On Tuesday, State Rep. Betty Brown (R) caused a firestorm during House testimony on voter identification legislation when she said that Asian-Americans should change their names because they’re too hard to pronounce:

“Rather than everyone here having to learn Chinese — I understand it’s a rather difficult language — do you think that it would behoove you and your citizens to adopt a name that we could deal with more readily here?” Brown said.

Brown later told [Organization of Chinese Americans representative Ramey] Ko: “Can’t you see that this is something that would make it a lot easier for you and the people who are poll workers if you could adopt a name just for identification purposes that’s easier for Americans to deal with?”

Yesterday, Brown continued to resist calls to apologize. Her spokesman said that Democrats “want this to just be about race.”

source: http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/brown-asian-names/

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unbelievable.

and also what include all indian, eastern european, african and basically anything other than jim and jane names?

this makes me mad actually!

Ya, b/c Ko, Chan, Wong and Yi are harder to pronounce than some of the Eastern European last names. What a bitch. Why don't we all just use numbers as our last names, then it'd make it easier for the dumbasses to identify us.

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The funny thing is that in South Korea it is common practice and encouraged by parents that their children adopt western names to make the teachers life easier. The parents get really excited, and call you to know if they can change the name you gave them to something else all of the time. (usually to a famous actor's name.) In one class i had 4 Charlies. lol

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here in Canada, the Indians, Chinese etc change their real names (if "too" ethnic) anyways...I feel sorry for those poor Texans that don't have such polite immigrants

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Originally posted by El K Dee here in Canada, the Indians, Chinese etc change their real names (if "too" ethnic) anyways...I feel sorry for those poor Texans that don't have such polite immigrants

it's one thing for the immigrant to do that out of their own free will than have some asshole telling them they should.

for the record...my real name is Ramgopal Chandran

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Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* Ya, b/c Ko, Chan, Wong and Yi are harder to pronounce than some of the Eastern European last names. What a bitch. Why don't we all just use numbers as our last names, then it'd make it easier for the dumbasses to identify us.

I like where this is going...

why just stop at having foreigners adopt english names (like hers, BETTY BROWN, lol)? let's just stamp a fucking barcode on 'em all. Then Betty's poll workers won't even have to talk to 'those people' and can just scan them as they shoo them through the polls!



you know that people working in foreign affairs of some sort must cringe when stories like this hit the news, lol. how the fuck do deal with ridiculousness like this from gov't representatives.

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Originally posted by El K Dee for the record...my real name is Ramgopal Chandran

ramapole?

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Originally posted by chinamon ramapole?

no no Ramgopal. Get it right Mr. Wang

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Originally posted by El K Dee no no Ramgopal. Get it right Mr. Wang

my name is Beeg Wang.

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I think its a great idea