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goobster · 1637 days ago · link · · parent · post: The invented Chinese names of the 2019 federal election — ranked
Man. That's fascinating. And a stark cultural difference between BC and Washington. I have many friends in BC and visit often. So the variety of issues that swirl around the Chinese community in BC are all things I am very aware of. But then for politicians in the area to specifically speak to that community by adopting a Chinese name in the political campaigning... there would be nothing more damaging to an American politician, and many of them (like Ted Cruz) have specifically changed their "ethnic-sounding" names to seem more "American". (But really, what could be more American than an ethnic-sounding name, in a country populated almost entirely by immigrants?)