by Daniel Dae Kim
So we know the hurdles we face. The question for us here, is what we can do about it.
One of the places it starts is with education. We must find ways to teach our children the truth about how Asian Americans have contributed to the success of this nation. Let’s teach them how many of us helped build the railroad that brought together the east and the west, but when it was time to take a photo and celebrate the golden spike, were told to get out of the frame. Let’s teach them that the largest mass lynching in our history was of Asian, specifically Chinese, people, in the heart of downtown Los Angeles. Let’s also celebrate the fact that the most decorated combat unit in US military history was the 442nd combat team, a unit in World War 2 made up entirely of Asian Americans!
These are not moments in Asian American History, this is AMERICAN history. When we are erased from our history books, we are made invisible to our own society, and the result is, As Congresswoman Meng so eloquently put it, “we are perpetually made to feel like foreigners in our own country.” Include our stories. Because they matter.
Daniel Dae Kim written statement to the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, March 18, 2021
Question
Use the passage to answer the question.
Which of the following sentences from the passage features an allusion?
(1 point)
Responses
“The question for us here, is what we can do about it.”
“The question for us here, is what we can do about it.”
“These are not moments in Asian American History, this is AMERICAN history.”
“These are not moments in Asian American History, this is AMERICAN history.”
“Let’s teach them that the largest mass lynching in our history was of Asian, specifically Chinese, people, in the heart of downtown Los Angeles.”
“Let’s teach them that the largest mass lynching in our history was of Asian, specifically Chinese, people, in the heart of downtown Los Angeles.”
“We must find ways to teach our children the truth about how Asian Americans have contributed to the success of this nation.”
1 answer
The sentence that features an allusion is:
“Let’s teach them that the largest mass lynching in our history was of Asian, specifically Chinese, people, in the heart of downtown Los Angeles.”
This sentence alludes to a specific historical event, the mass lynching of Chinese individuals, which is a significant moment in American history.
