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

Question

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

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

which of the following sentences from the passage features an allusion
point)
"We must find ways to teach our children the truth about how Asian Americans have contributed to the success of this nation."
"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."
• "The question for us here, is what we can do about it."

Answer 1

The sentence from the passage 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 in Los Angeles, which refers to the Los Angeles Chinese Massacre of 1871.