Thursday, October 18, 2007

Due 22 October 2007

Due 22 October 2007

Click on the image (left) and view the video about Bill Cosby's new book, then answer the following questions. (Note, if necessary, search for the video if it no longer appears on the webpage.)

    1. What does Bill Cosby rail against?
    2. What is Bill Cosby really saying according to Cosby himself?
    3. How should mothers drive their children?
    4. Is the interviewer sympathetic to Bill Cosby's point of view?
    5. According to the interviewer, what has led to all kinds of social problems?
    6. What does the interviewer believe is "a rock-solid core problem in the Afro-American community"?
    7. What four points does the interviewee make to sum up Bill Cosby's message in his book, which he believes no sane person would disagree with?
    8. According to the interviewee do many kids do drugs and join gangs?
    9. What kind of a social gap does the interviewer talk about?
    10. What is the percentage of white children living with both parents?
    11. What is the percentage of black children living with both parents?
    12. According to the interviewee, what has happened in the last five or six years regarding teen pregnancy among young African-American girls?
    13. Do the majority of young African-American males graduate from high school?
    14. Do they go on to college?
    15. What does the interviewer point out about the "secular-progressive" movement?
    16. What according to the interviewer has got to be reversed?
    17. According to the interviewee, to whom should we give credit?
    18. Does the interviewee think Bill Cosby is a good guy and doing the right thing?
    19. What is the title of Cosby's new book?
    20. Does the interviewer believe there are some good things among "SP's" (secular-progressives)?

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