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Texas Lawmaker Asks Asians To Change Their Names
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by AAPPundit | April 11, 2009 at 04:54 am
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On Tuesday, State Rep. Betty Brown (R) caused a firestorm during House testimony on voter identification legislation when she said that Asian Americans should change their names because they’re too hard to pronounce: http://tinyurl.com/cmkdf7
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at 12:14 on April 11th, 2009
I don't even know what to say to this. It's just utterly disappointing.
at 14:20 on April 11th, 2009
AAPPundit, I think this is an important story and thank you for bringing it to NowPublic. However, it appears that you may be having difficulty with NowPublic Highlight tool. Please let us know. Thanks!
at 14:24 on April 11th, 2009
AAPPundit, I just learned that NowPublic Author, Blue Crush, published Asian American Names are "too hard to deal with" says Rep. Brown, yesterday. Please consider deleting this story, or adding the material to the original post. Thanks!