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?”
Yesterday, Brown continued to resist calls to apologize. Her spokesman said that Democrats “want this to just be about race.”
I was like....um...are ya'll really THAT dumb? Sometimes, this just shows how ignorant these political assholes are.
Quote from some responses:
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.…could adopt a name just for identification purposes that’s easier for Americans to deal with?”
Also, can you just forget your heritage and country’s history? While we’re at it, just go ahead and erase your entire culture and identity, it will be much easier for you. Now I want you to have the words to God Bless America memorized by tomorrow…
Holy crap what an incredibly ignorant thing to say, especially for a politician who holds power.
Translation:“What I am trying to say is we’ve worked so hard at dumbing down Americans that the idea of them having to learn to think again is painful. I mean, it has worked so well for me.”
Tell that to Zbigniew Brzezinski.
Betty Brown: “Your name is too difficult, Zabooboo, you should change it to make it easier for us Americans.”
Brzezinski: “But I’m an American, too.”
Betty Brown: “Yeah, I’m going to call you Bubba.”
