Identifying Questions Absurdism is a kind of humour that employs the use of bad reasoning as its source of new reasoning. How does Taylor use absurdism to springboard his discussion on race? What are,

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Identifying Questions

Absurdism is a kind of humour that employs the use of bad reasoning as its source of new reasoning. How does Taylor use absurdism to springboard his discussion on race?

What are, to you, his most effective examples or points?

Beneath any humorous social commentary is a rather trenchant message. What, behind the jokes, is he really commenting on?

Who, in your opinion, would either not understand this, or dismiss it outright as silliness (meaning it is irrelevant)?

What is the danger of the above attitude?

Identifying Questions Absurdism is a kind of humour that employs the use of bad reasoning as its source of new reasoning. How does Taylor use absurdism to springboard his discussion on race? What are,
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