Bring BROWN DOWN!!!

Hyo Jin sent us this article today. Can you pronounce that? I'll help you. YO with an H on the front. and Jin like Gin the drink. HYO JIN. Got it?

Watch IT:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9hdVUzMeDw
READ IT:
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/brown-asian-names/
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6365320.html


For those of you who do not like to click on links: here is what the article says

Texas lawmaker: Asians should change their names to make them ‘easier for Americans to deal with.’

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:
“Rather than everyone here having to learn Chinese — I understand it’s a rather difficult language — do you think that it would behoove you and your citizens to adopt a name that we could deal with more readily here?” Brown said.
Brown later told [Organization of Chinese Americans representative Ramey] 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?”
Yesterday, Brown continued to resist calls to apologize. Her spokesman said that Democrats “want this to just be about race.”

My Comments: Why does she say YOUR CITIZENS? we are all the same citizens!This is so ridiculous that I have no words. but this is my favorite comment from the article made by Brian Crooks: "My first girlfriend’s last name was Jaroszenko. The second one was Theodossiades. The third was Li. Tell me which one is easiest to pronounce."