Post by rosa on Apr 10, 2009 4:52:46 GMT -7
This is off of one of my blogs, and I am sparing you the comments because I try to be a nice person at Easter time. I want candy and fuzzy toys. But Rep. Betty Brown has my attention, and they have some fun with it. I haven't checked yet to see if Burka's posted on it...
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Betty Blooper
posted by eileen at 12:47 PM
My last name is Smith. It is easy to pronounce, easy to spell, easy to say, and easy to understand, as opposed to my first name which might as well be one of those wacky Chinese names. So I can totally see why, during a committee hearing on Voter ID, Rep. Betty Brown would suggest that voters of Asian descent change their names to something simpler, like “Brown” or “Smith” or “Obama.”
As the AP reported last night, Brown said that more generic names would be “easier for Americans to deal with.” In these uncertain times, we don’t need another stressor, like trying to figure out how to spell “Chang.” In his testimony, Ramey Ko (how the f*ck do you say that?) of the Organization of Chinese Americans told members that people of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean descent can encounter voting problems due to possible differences in their legal names and the common English names used on their driver’s licenses.
Brown asked: “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?” For example, instead of “Ko,” Ramey could change the “K” to a “C” and add “leman” after it. Is that so difficult? Note Brown’s use of “you and your citizens,” as in “you and the rest of those Asians.” Classic. The Republic of Ko.
She later told 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?” Huh. Smells a little like voter fraud, Betty-san.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Betty Blooper
posted by eileen at 12:47 PM
My last name is Smith. It is easy to pronounce, easy to spell, easy to say, and easy to understand, as opposed to my first name which might as well be one of those wacky Chinese names. So I can totally see why, during a committee hearing on Voter ID, Rep. Betty Brown would suggest that voters of Asian descent change their names to something simpler, like “Brown” or “Smith” or “Obama.”
As the AP reported last night, Brown said that more generic names would be “easier for Americans to deal with.” In these uncertain times, we don’t need another stressor, like trying to figure out how to spell “Chang.” In his testimony, Ramey Ko (how the f*ck do you say that?) of the Organization of Chinese Americans told members that people of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean descent can encounter voting problems due to possible differences in their legal names and the common English names used on their driver’s licenses.
Brown asked: “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?” For example, instead of “Ko,” Ramey could change the “K” to a “C” and add “leman” after it. Is that so difficult? Note Brown’s use of “you and your citizens,” as in “you and the rest of those Asians.” Classic. The Republic of Ko.
She later told 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?” Huh. Smells a little like voter fraud, Betty-san.