下面是我今天收到的email， 与你分享.写email的人是我们市内很受尊敬，事业很成功的一位老华人，明晚我们这里的华人有一个庆祝大会：

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Dear Friends:

Sorry that I will miss the Obama Victory Celebration on Saturday. I am going to Providence, R. I. to celebrate my sister\'s 85 birthday, but my spirit will be with you.
I have pre-recorded the Asian Radio Hour for 3 to 4 PM November 9 , 2008, the entire hour to celebrate the Obama Victory. Remember the work is not done but just beginning. President Obama needs us to continue to work hard to help him bring the country back to good health.

When I saw on TV that Ohio went for Obama my tears came to my eyes and my memory of the past went through my mind like a movie. From the moment I arrived in the USA in 1949 via Air France Air from Shannon , Ireland to Boston I was told that no one in the U. S. Immigration , Boston knew how to process the visitors from China because there were different immigration entry procedures for the Chinaman. We had to wait for the Immigration officer come from San Francisco. On that Air France World inaugural flight from Hong Kong to Boston passengers like Dr. & Mrs. Peter Chen (Ellis Yan\'s Aunt, eventually we met again in Cleveland), Anna Chennault and Dr. Kung and his family (Dr. Kung was the new chairman of the Bank of China in America) We were put in a hotel in Boston. We were allowed to travel as a group with a government agent as escort. It was two weeks before the U.S. Immigration Agent showed up to process us and release us. This was just the beginning in the USA that was a land of prejudice unless you were white and Protestant . Then the Korean war broke out. I recall being on the highway from Boston to Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania where I stopped by a road side cafe where they refused to sell me coffee. There are many more personal experiences about prejudice. Let us not forget Vincent Chen who was killed by two un-employed auto-workers in Detroit. The defense requested to move the court hearing from Detroit to Cincinnati who was the hotbed for the John Birch Society . This is the area where \"Joe the Plumber\" resides. All of you know the results of this court case, the jury found the killers not guilty and the trial resulted in a very minor fine. Everyone knew that the reason the trial was moved to Cincinnati is because it was below the Mason Dixon line, home of the KKK and bigotry. What a farce it was......................so when I learned even Hamilton County in Ohio voted for Obama then I knew that even Southern Ohio made progress. But my friends the work is not over, it is just beginning. We must make an effort to reach out to all the people who did not vote for President Obama to ask them to work for the benefit of all Americans and challenge their sense of patriotism.
Sincerely yours,

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