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democracy on Jan 19, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Notes of a native tiger son: it's a weird time to ...

Racism is not an issue here, since the last name is still Asian, I guess.

A friend of mine from China said the main reason is that some Chinese names are hard to pronounce for an English-speaker. Also other Asian nations (Indians, for examle) seem to leave their names as is, and also give Indian names to kids, I am just wondering, is it something Chinese specific?

tastybites on Jan 19, 2011 [–]

Racism isn't the issue - discrimination is.

"Richard Kim" means I grew up in America and will have no problem talking to you.

"Han Yong Kim" means you're going to have trouble communicating with me in the workplace.

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