for kim woods reading
The Harmful Myth of Asian Superiority, by Ronald Takaki
Analyze and evaluate by answering the following questions:
1. What is the thesis of Takaki’s essay? What is the evidence that he offers for its truth? Do you find his argument convincing?
2. Takaki uses statistics to make a point. Do some of the statistics seem more convincing than others? Explain.
3. Consider Takaki’s title. To what group (s) is the myth of Asian superiority harmful?