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.