Read the following passage from Zora Neale Hurston's "How It Feels to be Colored Me":
I follow those heathen follow them exultingly. I dance
wildly inside myself; 1 yell within, I whoop; I shake my
assegai above my head, I hurl it true to the mark
yooww! I am in the jungle and living in the jungle way.
How does this paradox support Hurston's purpose?

This paradox supports Hurston's purpose because it shows her personality which was in contrast to the real way she was treated. Zora was happy, rejoicing and dancing and this was not a true reflection of her colored skin tone that was discriminated against.

Explanation:

Even though Hurston was colored, her true personality was that of a happy person who delighted in things around her. She bore no grudges. In this excerpt, she is seen dancing to music which the white man also enjoys showing that they have things in common.

She allows no segregation to limit her, rather she rejoices in the fact that she is colored. Sometimes, though, when she is found among many whites, she is reminded of her color.