Texas lawmaker: Asians should change their names to make them easier for Americans to deal with
(From http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/brown-asian-names/)
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?”
The more important stuff is prolly the comments responding to this news... Credit goes to creative and funny peeps out there :D
"I suppose that she thinks that they should all get plastic surgery so that they look more like us…"
"and most Chinese DO have an English name for idiots who can’t pronounce anything over 1 syllable. You just have to be polite enough to ASK."
"Ahhh, the boundless intellectual curiosity of Republican state legislators, from Texas no less!!!"
"Given the amount of the national debt that BushCo off-loaded on China, maybe we will be changing our names soon."
"There’s dumb and then there’s Texas dumb."
"My first girlfriend’s last name was Jaroszenko. The second one was Theodossiades. The third was Li. Tell me which one is easiest to pronounce."
"Rep. Brown: a living example of the dumbing down of America."
"Stay classy Texas!"
"So, she wants all Texas asians to adopt an alias, and have an “AKA” after their name, on official documents? Texas law-enforcement officials would just love that, I’ll bet. It would make their jobs so much easier."
"Actually, Texas is no dumber than any other state. They’re just prouder of it?"
"Up here in Minnesota we thought nobody could be as stupid as Bachmann, and then along comes Betty Brown. Stupid sure loves company."
"Wow…how’s that campaign to win hearts and minds goin’ there Repubs? This woman is the epitome of ugly American."
"Rep. Brown, Change yours. “Betty Cracker”."
"We should be changing our European names to Native American names instead. This is why many years ago I changed my name to Fixes Paper Jams."
"You could say, if you’re Vietnames, at least, that what Betty Brown is proposing is a “no Nguyen” situation, I suppose…"
"Ah, Texas! That’s why I left ya!"
"How will they translate all the chinese food menus?Does “Moo Goo Gia Pan” become “Cow Sticky Male Cooking Utensil”?"
"Next she’ll suggest that all the asians come in and get a barcode tattooed on their arms so the real americans don’t even have to bother with their complex names. Or “let’s just give them a number for identification purposes”."
"Oops there goes the asian voter block for the republicans. These guys are good."
"Considering who the president had been the last 8 years, this comment does not surprise me coming from another Texas politician."
"I guess Betty believes that many Americans are too lazy, callous and intellectually challenged to make an attempt. By her suggestion, it seems that she endorses this standing."
"Wow. Well, can we also please stop white people from naming their kids things like Pilot Inspektor and Bronx Mowgli? We shouldn’t be racist on top of ignorant."
"Her comments are illogical and ludicrous. I Have worked at voting polls and trust me the last thing a poll worker or a voter thinks about is mis-pronouncing an Asian name. Ms. Brown apparently has lost her focus and stopped realizing that most Americans are not named Brown, Smith and Jones. How do these people get elected?"
"Way to represent where you’re from, Betty, as if George Bush wasn’t enough."
"I currently live in Texas and every year it gets more and more embarrassing to admit that. I can’t wait to leave this state where this is an accepted view by a political figure."
"My name is Van Bever. I should really have it changed to something simple like Smith or Li…oh wait. Betty Brown makes Palin look like an absolute genius!"
"My last name is two letters long, if you can’t pronounce “Wu” then gtfo."
HAHAHAHAHA, PEOPLE YOU ALL ARE HILARIOUS! seriously...
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?”
The more important stuff is prolly the comments responding to this news... Credit goes to creative and funny peeps out there :D
"I suppose that she thinks that they should all get plastic surgery so that they look more like us…"
"and most Chinese DO have an English name for idiots who can’t pronounce anything over 1 syllable. You just have to be polite enough to ASK."
"Ahhh, the boundless intellectual curiosity of Republican state legislators, from Texas no less!!!"
"Given the amount of the national debt that BushCo off-loaded on China, maybe we will be changing our names soon."
"There’s dumb and then there’s Texas dumb."
"My first girlfriend’s last name was Jaroszenko. The second one was Theodossiades. The third was Li. Tell me which one is easiest to pronounce."
"Rep. Brown: a living example of the dumbing down of America."
"Stay classy Texas!"
"So, she wants all Texas asians to adopt an alias, and have an “AKA” after their name, on official documents? Texas law-enforcement officials would just love that, I’ll bet. It would make their jobs so much easier."
"Actually, Texas is no dumber than any other state. They’re just prouder of it?"
"Up here in Minnesota we thought nobody could be as stupid as Bachmann, and then along comes Betty Brown. Stupid sure loves company."
"Wow…how’s that campaign to win hearts and minds goin’ there Repubs? This woman is the epitome of ugly American."
"Rep. Brown, Change yours. “Betty Cracker”."
"We should be changing our European names to Native American names instead. This is why many years ago I changed my name to Fixes Paper Jams."
"You could say, if you’re Vietnames, at least, that what Betty Brown is proposing is a “no Nguyen” situation, I suppose…"
"Ah, Texas! That’s why I left ya!"
"How will they translate all the chinese food menus?Does “Moo Goo Gia Pan” become “Cow Sticky Male Cooking Utensil”?"
"Next she’ll suggest that all the asians come in and get a barcode tattooed on their arms so the real americans don’t even have to bother with their complex names. Or “let’s just give them a number for identification purposes”."
"Oops there goes the asian voter block for the republicans. These guys are good."
"Considering who the president had been the last 8 years, this comment does not surprise me coming from another Texas politician."
"I guess Betty believes that many Americans are too lazy, callous and intellectually challenged to make an attempt. By her suggestion, it seems that she endorses this standing."
"Wow. Well, can we also please stop white people from naming their kids things like Pilot Inspektor and Bronx Mowgli? We shouldn’t be racist on top of ignorant."
"Her comments are illogical and ludicrous. I Have worked at voting polls and trust me the last thing a poll worker or a voter thinks about is mis-pronouncing an Asian name. Ms. Brown apparently has lost her focus and stopped realizing that most Americans are not named Brown, Smith and Jones. How do these people get elected?"
"Way to represent where you’re from, Betty, as if George Bush wasn’t enough."
"I currently live in Texas and every year it gets more and more embarrassing to admit that. I can’t wait to leave this state where this is an accepted view by a political figure."
"My name is Van Bever. I should really have it changed to something simple like Smith or Li…oh wait. Betty Brown makes Palin look like an absolute genius!"
"My last name is two letters long, if you can’t pronounce “Wu” then gtfo."
HAHAHAHAHA, PEOPLE YOU ALL ARE HILARIOUS! seriously...
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