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For those members of the board not familiar with it, "the Yellow Pearl" was a the movement in the late 1800s/early 1900s that saw an uncharacteristic popularity of Asians in the US. It loosely translated into lax immigration laws for people from Asia whether as immigrants or (intending to be) temporary workers, as well as an affinity for Asian culture and goods. While not universally loved (unions on the west coast and in the central US hated the cheap immigrant labor), the presses were overall favorable to the process in a self-reinforcing cycle that roughly climaxed after the First World War.

Your challenge, if you choose to accept it, is to prevent/corrupt the Yellow Pearl from ever happening, and to explore some effects.
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