I mentioned this in Episode 6: We're all fucking immigrants. Well Mostly as a counter to the xenophobic screed of Texas State Representative Betty-I Can’t think of an Ad Hominem Right Now–Brown:
"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. 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?” - Texas state Rep. Betty Brown, speaking to a member of the Organization Of Chinese-Americans. She refuses to apologize.
When I read that quote posted in Joe.My.God, I was reminded THE ONION "content node" which you see to above. Having lived and worked in Asia, I can attest that the adoption of insipid “English” names for the simplicity of dealing with the West is really, really common. It appears the fact that Chinese-Americans would have the gall to retain some of their ethnicity and heritage with Chinese surnames clearly bothers the fuck out of Representative Betty-I Can’t think of an Ad Hominem Right Now–Brown.
How dare they?
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