Texas Lawmaker Suggests Asians Adopt Simpler Names
By News One April 9, 2009 1:05 pm
From Chron.com:
A North Texas legislator during House testimony on voter identification legislation said Asian-descent voters should adopt names that are “easier for Americans to deal with.”
The comments caused the Texas Democratic Party on Wednesday to demand an apology from state Rep. Betty Brown, R-Terrell. But a spokesman for Brown said her comments were only an attempt to overcome problems with identifying Asian names for voting purposes.
The exchange occurred late Tuesday as the House Elections Committee heard testimony from Ramey Ko, a representative of the Organization of Chinese Americans.
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doesnt mean if you are an asian, to fit in to the american culture you have to change your identity. Do you change your names when you go else where?
thats just plain ignorant.
I blame Piyush Jindal… I mean “Bobby”.