Texas Legislator Wants Asian Americans to Adopt Easier Names

R.G. Ratcliffe writes for 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.”

The comments caused the Texas Democratic Party on Wednesday to demand an apology from state Rep. Betty Brown, R-Terrell. But a spokesman for Brown said her comments were only an attempt to overcome problems with identifying Asian names for voting purposes. Click here for the whole story.

I think I’ll start using my Chinese name, Ong Sun Yuen.

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