Word: faithfully
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hope that this concert will become the standard for Harvard and for the Council. Consistent musical performances by popular professional entertainers are one certain way to restore faith in the Council...
Central to West's assessment of American Blackness, as he presented it in the interview and both in the interview and in Keeping Faith, is the appreciation and inclusion of Africa in an American--or "New World"--context. Such an awareness, he claims, is essential to combat existing misconceptions of Africa and must be a part of the "Eveready life of ordinary people in the Black community around this country." West also insists that the importance of all forms of Africanist expression must be recognized, including its more superficial and commodified manifestations. As individuals living in a market culture...
...problems of racism in New World, or Western, culture. Taken at face value, some of his discussions seem to border on a declaration of "us against them." West is quick to clarify that such an interpretation of his work misleading. A large part of his mission in Keeping Faith is to establish African-Americans as permanent fixtures in, and significant contributors to, Western society. Though is philosophy calls for Blacks in America to reach a full understanding of their separate heritage, his messages is not separatist. Using the term "cultural hybrids," West asserts that for people of African descent, "there...
...Keeping Faith is dense: it is unquestionably an intellectual project which reflects West's awesome breadth of Knowledge. Despite its intellectual challenges, however, the book addresses issues which everybody should consider. West makes plain that the struggle for equality and respect in the New World involves us all. In his first easy he states that all concerned individuals must be willing to "put bodies and lives on the line." Though he maintains that "intellectual weaponry" is an extremely effective tool for advancement, he recognizes that this struggle has been and still needs to be physical as Well. Violence is certainly...
...opposes the ignorant dismissal of the heritages of others. West's philosophy centers around the idea of balance. Success can only come when the scales of western society are able to support the weights of varying cultures without tipping one way or the other. As West himself admits, Keeping Faith "ain't easy...