拜读了花大猫的“黑人歪打正着当了总统，华人傻乐个啥呢？”我想告诉您我到底乐个啥。请注意，我是真的高兴，打心眼里高兴，而不是你所说的傻乐。
首先，我高兴是因为选举选出了我欣赏支持的好总统。奥巴马出身贫民，受过良好教育，聪明好学，年轻有精力，冷静有克制，周围有一大帮很好的助手。别看他那么年轻，可你看他在初选和大选中出过什么大的错误吗？我看唯一的一次所谓错误是说某些选民因为bitter而转向了枪支和毒品。现在“国难当头”，难道不正需要这么个年轻有为而又头脑冷静的领导人吗？总之，我觉得他具备当个好总统的一切条件。九月份我曾写过一篇小东西“我为什么支持奥巴马”，不知你是否有兴趣看一看（http://blog.creaders.net/From_USA/user_blog_diary.php?did=26149）。
其次，我高兴二百多年来美国终于出了个少数族裔总统。生活在现在的美国，人们不知道或者早已经忘却少数民族在这片土地上遭受的磨难。先说咱们的先辈华人，到美国来修铁路的华工，拼了老命修成了加州到饿还饿的铁路，通火车了，白人却不让这些华工乘火车回加州。西方列强在中国挂出了“华人与狗不得入内”的牌子。我们的先辈在美国的土地上“享受”的也是连狗也不如的待遇。一位叫“godfather”的网友转来了曾亲身经受过这种经历的华人前辈的信，我鼓励你抽几分钟看一看，这里是链接。http://bbs.creaders.net/newland/bbsviewer.php?btrd_id=256354&btrd_trd_id=303919
还有日裔在二战时被关进集中营。很多青年日裔全家被关，自己却被征召入伍，编在一个部队，好象叫442部队吧，派往二战欧洲主战场，当成敢死队。这帮日裔青年，为了证明自己效忠美国，一个个都成了拼命三郎，很少有活着回来的。至于黑人的地位以及他们的抗争，我就不多说了。想想几十年前，在这片土地上，少数民族和妇女都没有选举的民主权利，今天，我们却选出了一位有百分之五十非洲血统的总统，America has come a long long way。难道这不是一件具有划时代意义的大好事吗，不值得庆贺吗？奥巴马当选了，全世界高兴的人多了去了，而不仅仅是华人在“傻乐”。我倒是想问问那些不乐的华人，究竟要发生什么事才能博得您老的千金一笑呢？
我觉得我们华人，应该把美国历史上这丑恶的一幕幕都告诉我们的后代。不是让他们去记仇。前事不忘，后事之师。我们的后代有必要知道他们的先辈所经受的一切，有必要知道他们现在的生活也是很多人尤其是黑人用鲜血和生命换来的。在这一点上，我们欠黑人一个很大很真挚的谢谢。
花大猫说“黑人歪打正着当了总统”。我曾经也支持稀拉里，但我一直觉得她太polarized，喜欢她的多，恨她的人也一样多。如果民主党由她出马，结果未必就会好。民主共和党使了卑鄙手段，这本来也是政治的丑恶本质，没有什么好奇怪的。当年要没有Ross Pero出来搅局，克林顿也不一定当选。要没有Florida的选举舞弊，布什也入主不了白宫。2004年，“Swift Boat for Truth”出来往克里脸上抹屎，克里也不反击，白白丢了江山。丑恶是政治的本质。让我欣慰的是，奥巴马阵营相对老马阵营要更positive一些, 奥巴马也没有被马肯的negative campaign打垮。
以上是我的一点粗浅看法，说得不当或过激之处还请多多包涵。
godfather网友转来的email
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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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