Word: brownback
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...wide acceptance of the term "oriental" is but one example. The behavior of our own Republican Sen. Sam Brownback is another. I used to think Sam was okay for a politician. A few years back, he was running for the House (before Dole left his Senate seat). Brownback was the guest of honor at a small banquet hosted by members of the Taiwanese American community in his district. I was there as I heard him assure everyone that he supported democracy and Taiwan's progressive liberty. Cool, I thought. He was sympathetic...
...trying to be. He made a few blunders in praising the Kuomintang Nationalist Party's Madame Chiang Kai-Shek in front of people who hated her guts. He was promptly admonished by an outraged older gentleman for not doing his homework. Brownback was completely taken aback by the scolding and apologized immediately. That seemed a fair warning to speak with caution and sensitivity in mind...
...maybe it's one thing to proclaim your love for democracy and self-determination in the form of support of a small Asian nation. And it's another thing actually to respect the people themselves. Brownback caused quite a stir not too long ago when he mocked their accents amid the whole Clinton donation scandal: "No raise money, no get bonus," he remarked at a Congressional hearing...
Unfortunately, what sounds good in theory has been useless in practice. When I go home and visit the mall, I still get stares, hear people whispering about my origins and run into little kids speaking Sam Brownback-style to me. Names and stereotypes won't ruin my good moods, because I figure the people who use them don't know any better. I'm used to this, but, as my world opens up more and more, home in Topeka feels increasingly distant and unpleasant...
Wayne Allard, R-Colo. (District 4) Anthony C. Beilenson, D-Calif. (24) Tom Bevill, D-Ala. (4) Bill Brewster, D-Okla. (3) Glen Browder, D-Ala. (3) Sam Brownback, R-Kans. (2) John Bryant, D-Texas (5) Jim Chapman, D-Texas (1) William F. Clinger, R-Pa. (5) Ronald D. Coleman, D-Texas (16) Barbara-Rose Collins, D-Mich. (15)* Cardiss Collins, D-Ill. (7) Wes Cooley R-Ore. (2) Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill. (20) E. ("Kika") de la Garza, D-Texas (15) Cleo Fields D-La. (4) Jack Fields, R-Texas (8) Harold E. Ford, D-Tenn...