Because his name was Hayakawa. he was listed in the group that triggered a requirement that the local Jurisdiction where he lived had to print ballots in Japanese. Now. it just so happened this great linguist did not speak. read. or write Japanese. He was an English language linguist. an American citizen. naturalized. He was born in Canada. came to the United States. was naturalized. was better in English than anyone I have known who served in this body other than maybe the President pro tempore. and yet because his name was Hayakawa he was a statistic that triggered this law. Now. I do not have the capability to talk like Senator Hayakawa and Senator BYRD and some of the real linguists can do. but I can communicate the ideas I am trying to get across.
Identified stereotypes
People with Japanese names are assumed to speak Japanese.