Non-effective Irony In Richard Rodriguez’s essay “Blaxicans and Other Reinvented Americans,” Rodriguez’s use of irony is not effective due to the possibility of the true meaning of his quotes being misinterpreted by the audience. For instance, Rodriguez asserted, “There is something unsettling about the immigrants because… well, because they chatter incomprehensibly, and they get in everyone’s way. Immigrants seem to be bent on undoing America” (1-3). The first thoughts that would come into the mind of the audience, if there was no in depth analyzation or proofread, would be that immigrants are allegedly awful and a burden to the country. Furthermore, Rodriguez later mentioned, “I answered that I am Chinese, and that is because I live in a
