Texas Asians Should Change Their Names so White People Don't Have to Pronounce Them; IT'S NOT RACIST!

Can anybody explain why so many older white people are so fucking stupid when it comes to race? They been around longer than us; they should have had it figured out by now, right?

Doooouble.

They long for the days of Ellis Island, where, if they couldn't pronounce your name, you got a new one.

no no, guys, it's not about race. see, you can't change your race--if you weren't born white, you're pretty much stuck. this is about culture. even if you can't look like a white person, you can at least have a name that sounds white! it's the next best thing!

According to Rep. Brown, it's "not about race," but so poll workers can read surnames easier. She should move out to where I live in LA. Since we're both European, we'd have to change our names to something Hispanic or Asian, because in all likelihood, the poll workers in our area would be Hispanic or Asian.

The really funny thing here is, then Republicans would be screaming about "socialism!"

the census bureau is going to be fucking baffled with the influx of new tobys.

i love this, because it's like she's denying that they're american just because they're of asian descent. hey, they're american and they can deal with their own names. that must not be the problem.

toby?...who the hell is toby?....toby wong?

Maybe they can do the same thing that happened to my family. When my ancestors came over from Denmark, they were Johnstens. Apparently there were too many of those, and the gov't agents didn't want anyone to be confused, so they changed almost all the -stens, -stons, and -stones into -sons . . . thus creating (I think) the second most popular name in the English Language.

Or, on the other side, I have an uncle who came over from Taiwan. He spoke no English, and the immigration officer didn't speak whatever form of Chinese, so asked him "What is your name?" "Chen." "What is your first name?" "Chen." After several go-arounds, the immigration officer got tired of it and said "Screw it, your name is now Charlie Chen." We aren't even sure if he said "Chen" or "Chem" to this day.

So, now, my name makes me basically anonymous, and my uncle (who is divorced from my aunt now) doesn't even have his own name.

how the hell do you pronounce Ko?

KNOCK-OUT

Wait a minute. There are Chinese people in Texas?!

That's what they get for living in Texas.

i think it might be an asian optical illusion.

I have to say, I imagine our future Chinese overlords will not be pleased with this.

Asian exchange students changed their names to a more pronounceable English equivalent all the time when I was in college. It was done, as I understood it, to cut down on confusion.

Still, I think it might be helpful for us to learn more about foreign languages and foreign cultures to the point that we wouldn't have trouble with names in the first place.

let me be the first to say that i'm going to miss all the wangs.

Damn, how bigoted and lazy can you be?

You know what's funny? Being from rural Canada, I initially had no idea how to pronounce my ex's Vietnamese name.

That problem was solved by her saying her name once, not her changing her goddamn name.

I can't... I just can't believe that these people exist. I mean I know they do. This isn't some bizarre dream -- or if it is, it's not one from which I can wake -- so I'm stuck with the world as it is.

But come on, what the fuck people?

Wait a minute folks Betty Brown is on to something. People should have simple names and descriptive to boot. I think Betty Brown should be known as "Racist Ignorant Fuck." It is simple, she will not be confused with the nice Betty Browns, and will make it easy to find her in the phone book.

heh, my sister went to school with a guy named Fuk.

Actually...I'd go with:

他妈的你，白魔鬼

My family managed to keep Larsen from becoming Larson. Only problem now is no matter how much I try to enunciate the difference I always have to spell it out so people get it right.