A North Texas legislator during House testimony on voter identification legislation said

A North Texas legislator during House testimony on voter identification legislation said Asian-descent voters should adopt names that are “easier for Americans to deal with.”

The exchange occurred late Tuesday as the House Elections Committee heard testimony from Ramey Ko, a representative of the Organization of Chinese Americans. Brown suggested that Asian-Americans should find a way to make their names more accessible.

“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.

WTF? Doesn’t Ms. Brown know that Mandarin could be the universal second language, behind English. A little sensitivity please.

Read on for the entire www.chron.com. Isn’t she pretty?