"Daniel Dae Kim statement to the U.S. House Committee"

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by Daniel Dae Kim

(1) These are not moments in Asian American History, this is AMERICAN history. (2) 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.” (3) Include our stories. (4) 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

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Use the passage from the Written Statement of Daniel Dae Kim to answer the question.

Which line from the passage is an example of metaphpr

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The line from Daniel Dae Kim's statement that serves as an example of metaphor is: "we are perpetually made to feel like foreigners in our own country." This metaphor suggests that, despite being citizens, individuals of Asian descent experience a feeling of alienation and lack of belonging due to the erasure of their stories from American history.