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Apr. 9th, 2009 05:06 pm
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Lawmaker defends comment on Asians- Call for voters to simplify their names not racially motivated, Terrell Republican says

What. The. Fuck. So...saying only people of Asian decent, with Asian names should 'simplify' (aka make it sound more white) their name isn't racially motivated?

Quote:
Brown later told Ko: “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?”

I have no words. No. Actually. I do - people of Asain decent are not American? Everything is about making it easier for White people? FUCK YOU. The stupid thing is, the reason why many Asian people have an "english name" is to avoid being made fun of it and the racism that comes from having a non-anglo name.

on 2009-04-09 09:17 pm (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] joesther.livejournal.com
Wow. I'm not sure how to react to that. I have a rather difficult first name (Israeli) to pronounce, so I chose an American-ish nickname that I use in my daily interactions, but that was my choice.

on 2009-04-09 09:48 pm (UTC)
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Posted by [personal profile] florahart
I find myself thinking, okay, now really, IF a voter has already chosen to use a nickname of some sort (for WHATEVER reason) that complicates the issue of showing ID for voting, then yes, I agree that it would be nice to develop a means of validating that alias only to simplify matters for the person who has a different voting name and ID card name so s/he doesn't have to show 17 more pieces of ID than the Bob Wilsons of Texas or wherever. But NOT to simplify the world for white people.

It is true that occasionally I screw up choosing a record from the database I use at work when I go to pick between between Yuen Yu Wei and Yuen Yu Wen or something on a glance at ID (note: I made up those names, because I don't want to deliberately use real people's names, so it is possible one or both of those doesn't make sense as a Chinese name), but the solution for that is for me to pay attention, not to suggest one of them just start calling himself Mike. HONESTLY.

on 2009-04-10 12:26 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] sciencegeek.livejournal.com
I agree that there should be a consistency of the names on ID and a way to validate the 'nickname' (though I wonder why their legal name isn't on their driver's license?), but the way that it comes across in this is really off-putting

on 2009-04-11 02:26 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] tenninch.livejournal.com
and racist! Did you see her apology?

on 2009-04-11 02:32 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] sciencegeek.livejournal.com
I thought the racist was implied...I don't think I saw an apology? Linkage?

HER ASIAN AMERICAN FRIENDS, LAUREN.

on 2009-04-11 02:40 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] tenninch.livejournal.com
Oh, yes, I was just reiterating. I read it here.

Hmm, where have I seen apologies like that before...

Re: HER ASIAN AMERICAN FRIENDS, LAUREN.

on 2009-04-11 06:11 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] sciencegeek.livejournal.com
YOU JUST ARE READING IT WRONG. I DIDN'T MEAN IT LIKE THAT, IT WAS OUT OF CONTEXT. LOOK I HAVE ASIAN FRIENDS I AM NOT RACIST.

That about sum it up?

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