In “Rethinking the Centrality of Racism in Asian American History,” Sylvia Yanagisako argues respectfully that racism has been privileged in Asian American history leading to a restrictive nationalist Asian American historiography. According to Yanagisako, what kinds of factors have been

privileged in earlier Asian American history, why and what kinds of factors have been overlooked in Asian American history? Choose one of her arguments below that you find interesting and develop your own ideas in a paper in your own words.
1. How might engaging a transnational perspective of Asian American history “enable us to better understand the ways that flows of people, money, labor, obligations and goods between nations and continents have shaped Asian American experience?” (22)
2. How might a serious consideration of gender (for example, the roles of women in making history) construct a richer understanding of Asian American History?
Use specific examples to support your claims in your analysis of this question from Yanagisako, lecture, class readings, discussion section as well as your own research into this question. Besides Yanagisako, you must engage a total of TWO other sources from class syllabus readings/film to support this topic as a minimum. Use your own words and voice in writing this paper. You are not Sylvia Yanagisako so use your own words and voice in writing this paper.