"The Budweiser commercial with the Clydesdale made me cry, " said Wendy Ponzo, 49, who was watching the game in Pont Pleasant, N.

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Perhaps even more so because I have been listening to the dialogue about how to make America more post-racial -- mostly as it pertains to black and white culture -- for so long that it never occurred to me that an Asian immigrant family might cry foul when their son fell in love with an all-American girl like me.

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It has been great going to work with a smile on my face and coming home to her is brilliant - even seeing her cry makes me happy.

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