Today, Texas State Representative Betty Brown made a statement that made me cringe. Although I am not surprised by this ignorant opinion, I am surprised that this came from a lawmaker who was actually serious about this issue and continues to defend it. Brown said, during a House testimony regarding voter identification legislation, "Rather than everyone here having to learn Chinese, I understand it's a rather difficult language, do you think it would behoove you and your citizens to adopt a name that we could deal with more readily here?" Oh. My. Dear. Why is this person a lawmaker for the United States of America? Ms. Brown made this comment during a testimony given by Remy Ko, who was representing the Organization of Chinese Americans on voter identification issues. Brown was asking an entire ethnic group to change their names(which cannot even be more than 2 syllables)to make it easier for poll workers to say. Now that should go down as one of the most absurd law ideas for this country of democracy, public education, tolerance, freedom of religion, Louis Armstrong and Spam. Brown claimed that the Democrats are putting her comments out of perspective and off topic from the real issue by turning it into a race issue. When it is suggested that a race have names that are too hard to pronounce and that it should be changed legally, then it is a race issue.
If you can't pronounce the name Remy Ko, then Ms. Brown, you are the one that needs to go back to school and learn how to sound out the English alphabet. And make it easier for Americans and your constituents to deal with you.
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