Read this passage:
one should admit at the outset to a certain bias. indeed i am a “butterfly chaser, googly eyed bleeding heart and wild conservative.” i take a dim view of dams; i find it hard to learn to love cement; i am poorly impressed by concrete aggregates and statistics in cubic tons.

which audience is the author trying to reach in this passage from “the damation of a canyon”?

a. people who don’t care about nature but think it should be left alone
b. people who are pro-nature and wish it to be left alone
c. people who believe that the author is correct
d. people who disagree with his ideas about nature

D. People who disagree with his ideas about nature.

D. People who disagree with his ideas about nature.

Explanation:

The author is mostly trying to reach people who disagree with his ideas about nature. This is the reason he is letting them know about his bias from the beginning. The author believes that people who disagree with him might accuse him of being biased, and therefore, of having a less trust-worthy opinion. He deals with this by disclosing it from the beginning, and therefore, avoiding such accusations.

the text includes parts of primary-source interviews with enslaved people to illustrate the difficulty of life on a sugar plantation in louisiana.

explanation:

original oratory is a competitive event in the national speech and debate association, stoa usa, national catholic forensic league, and other high school forensic competitions in which competitors deliver an original speech on a subject of their choosing, though the speech must be factual.racial discrimination refers to discrimination against individuals on the basis of their race. policies of racial segregation may formalize it, but it is also often exerted without being legalized and also it means facing injustice.