... Exclusion Act of 1882. To be exact the amount of Chinese allowed in were 4,928. We were even lucky that my father was able to reserve 4 spots for us. We left from Hong Kong, but to get their we traveled by foot, boat and train. It was a struggle on it's own just to get ... there. In Hong Kong there were so many different ethnic groups and it was the first time that I had ever stayed in a hotel. I felt very out of place ... professions. To get by many Chinese opened restaurants, grocery stores, and laundry mats. My father did just that. He open a restaurant where the whole family worked...

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