Republicans continue to put foot in mouth. From the Houston Chronicle "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.” State Rep Betty 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.
Racist or not, you decide.
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If you study your history, you will see that many immagrants who enetered through Ellis Island had their names changed so that they could be spelled and pronounced in English.
ReplyDeleteJust a little history for you.
I wouldn't say racist...stupid to say in this PC era maybe...but not racist.
ReplyDeleteAgree... Both side say stupid things. A politician should be smart enough to know what no to say. But we not that lucky most of the time.
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