Asian names too difficult for Americans, claims Texas State Rep
I’m not sure what, excactly, to make of this. On the one hand, Texas State Representative Betty Brown seems like a well-meaning person. On the other hand, she’s a complete and total fucktard.
Asking Asian-Americans to whip up names more suitable for ‘Americans’ to deal with is insane (and vastly insulting to her constituents, I might add). The original problem – that pollsters can’t make heads-nor-tails of ‘wierd’ Asian names – would hardly be solved by adding a new name into the mix, which would then require it’s own paper-trail of substantiation to qualify at the polls.
My full name is Alejandro. Not a particularly difficult name to deal with, but I’ve gone by ‘Alex’ most of my life because everyone around me finds it easier. But my official records all say ‘Alejandro’. I was almost turned away from a bank once when the teller claimed I was not the same person as the one on my State Issued I.D.
So no – picking a phonetically simple name does not make things easier.
And honestly – you know who has wierder names than Asians? Polish and Greek people. I wonder how many of those they have in Texas, and whether or not they could be persuaded to change their names.
UPDATE: Angry Asian Man (ever the voice of moderation in matters such as these) has Ramey Ko’s side of the story (Ko is the man Ms. Brown is blathering to in the above video.
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Yeah, what a retard. Didn’t they already try changing people’s names back at Ellis Island?
And Alejandro? That sounds so suave. I see now how you got your wife to marry you. ^_^
On the other hand, I think we need a last name character limit in the NFL. Houshmanzadeh was hard enough to put on a jersey… and are there are longer names out there getting football contracts. Maybe we can just cut off after 20? 
Wow… Just wow. I think the name “Betty Brown” says it all.