1. What is the author’s purpose in the first three paragraphs? How does his use of irony help him accomplish this purpose?The purpose of the irony included in the first three paragraph might be to discredit the position stated and may be to exaggerate or highlight the point of view. So, the author may say one thing, but he means another. 2.. What does the author mean when he says that the American conversation about race has “become asbloodless as badminton”?When the author says that the American conversation about race has “become as bloodless as badminton he is saying that it has turned into an unnecessary debate where both sides are just simply going back and forth arguing, which wouldn’t really affect them in no way. Their will be no winner of this battle.3. Why does Rodriguez call himself “an Impure-American, an Ambiguous-American”? How does the information about his background effect the persuasiveness of his argument
