Apr 242009
Texas State Representative Betty Brown created a furor when she made the following remarks about Chinese last names during testimony on proposed voter ID legislation:
Lawmaker defends comment on Asians…Brown suggested that Asian-Americans should find a way to make their names more accessible.
“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.
She made her remarks to Ramey Ko, a representative of the Organization of Chinese Americans.
I’m sorry to hear that Ms. Brown has troubles with difficult Chinese last names like “Ko”…
(Via Cynical-C.)
