thinkprogress.org — 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.
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jveezyApr 10, 2009
I would equate that to forcing Asian immigrants to try to come up with a phonetic English way to write their name. You can't just write your name in a foreign alphabet on a form and expect anyone in this country to be able to read it. A lot of Asian languages have sounds that are hard to show using the English alphabet so they have to make do with the closest letters/letter combos as possible.It's perfectly reasonable to expect to do the same thing going to Japan. You're not changing your name. Just coming up with a phonetic Japanese spelling of your English name. Sure plenty of Japanese people can read English but it's certainly more proper to write it in a manner that's easiest for the native population to process.Certainly not the same thing that Rep. Brown is advocating. Seems a bit ridiculous that she was trying to defend herself to someone named "Ko".
Closed AccountApr 10, 2009
Ass I'm afraid. It's what she talks out of y'see?
spongApr 10, 2009
here is the video, which shows how much thinkprogress has taken her quotes completely out of context.<a class="user" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9hdVUzMeDw">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9hdVUzMeDw</a>
mroutrageousApr 10, 2009
I don't understand what you mean about being a sell-out. That term is far over used. Anyways Texas is a massive state and we don't all agree with state polices but without a doubt it is one of the strongest economies in the country. If you are from California explain to me why your state is more than 42 billion dollars in debt and Texas has a 7 billion dollar surplus.
veruganApr 10, 2009
because it's so easy for me to quit my job and move my family to a different state just because some crazy politican has a bad idea, fool
veruganApr 10, 2009
How about instead of names we just use numbers, eh guys, good idea, right? /s
ireneoApr 11, 2009
What an and ignorant statement, I am positve Ms. Betty Broom was one of these excellent "people", that sang the supercalifragilistic expi ali docious song with ease even when she reversed the lyrics. Or did she change it to super expi ali candy, what a moron.