Rice High School                        ASSIGNED #_____
Brother Sherlog                                                 Name_________________
Harlem Studies                                                  Date _________________

THIS IS A WORKSHEET TO GO ALONG WITH THE VIDEO.

1. Harlem is a _________________ of U.S. History. (microcosm, mirror)

2. The video is called A World of _______with Bill Moyers. (Ideas, Ideals)

3. Cornel West is  a _____________at Princeton University  (minister, professor)

4.This video was filmed at _______ Church ( Riverside, All Saints)

5.West has spoken in _______, the shantytowns of _____ Africa
and High Schools in _______________      ( Holland, Harlem, North South, Brooklyn,
Compton).

6. He says he wants suffering to________ (“speak”, "vanish").

7. Along with death, violence, and hate in the community he sees _______( stupidity, struggle).

8.  A key question is:  “How can you turn__________________  into a struggle?
( mytseriousness, meaninglessness).  

9.  Marketing culture, or marketing activity, has a preoccupation with the ____( now, future)
People may feel that they do not have to make a ________ ( sacrifice, artificial action)
One example is the _______ industry  ( drug, medical)
People mirror  what they see on _____________  ( Wall Street. Madison Avenue)

10. We live in a society that suffers from historical __________  ( animosity, amnesia)

11.     According to West the future can be different by means of :____________  (sacrificing and fighting , voting , leaving America ). He   learned this message in ___________   (church, school, the streets).



12.  In the USA the black Church is a:  A) majority   B)   minority  movement.

13..  Large numbers of blacks turned to Christianity because they were looking for meaning, values and a way of coming to terms with the:  A) amusing   B) absurd    C) amazing

14. Which church is more  “democratic”?  A) Baptist   B) Catholic

15.  ___________ spirituality is a way of preserving meaning.  ( Combative, Constitutional)
 
 

16. When you talk about “hope” you have to be a _______ distance ________
  ( long, short   runner, hiker)

17. Subversive _____ is the ability to transform tears into _________.
( hate, joy)                                                          ( laughter, monetary gain)

18. Name four types of music that try to “Hold the demons at Bay.”

____________    ___________________   ______________________   _________
 

19.  The subversive energy of black youth is a  response to the sense of being _______
( accepted, rejected)

20.   A key question is why has _____________ become pervasive?
( Communism    Cynicism     Capitalism )

20.  Cynicism is on the wane. The word “wanes” means that cynics are________
( increasing   decreasing      constant )

21. In 1990 ordinary people organized to fundamentally their change society in  __________
( Eastern Africa,   Eastern Europe    Eastern Arctic )

West says that  because black leadership focuses on ____________ politics and not at the
______________ roots, there are less Kings Malcolm Xs,  Fanny Lou Hamers,  and Ella Bakers.

 

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