Professor Cornel West on why he left Harvard over tenure dispute

ABC News’ Linsey Davis speaks with Dr. Cornel West about why he chose to leave Harvard after a dispute over being denied tenure, and about how to increase diversity in academia.

[@livingthedream7642]

He did the right thing. He doesn’t need Harvard. Now that they have eyes on the situation they want to reconsider. SMH Disrespectful.

[@beyondthehorizon1474]

@No Lives Matter what are you talking about? Could you please break-down exactly what you meant so I follow?

[@beyondthehorizon1474]

@No Lives Matter I better understand. This whole Israel issue you raised is currently out of my scope so cannot respond wholesomely. I do not want to talk about such things ignorantly. The other cancel culture issue wrapped up with racism is a different beast that requires careful peeling apart of each layer to probe and see what engine is really driving the 'thing'.. As it is a big pot with every and all things thrown in related and unrelated. One example that comes to mind is 'Piers Morgan' who walked off set during a show, then later quit his job. They said he was cancelled and I thought but didn't he just walk away and quit.. So yeh, all very confusing.

[@beyondthehorizon1474]

@No Lives Matter *I believe it comes down to deflection tactics and the gd ol' divide&conquest tactic* My guy, you're converging way too many realities. I don't operate like that atm. To me in order for me to reach an unknown understanding without bias (one can never truly rid bias from the equation as its inate but can be consciously managed) I must analyse each variable, independently from the other, then compare and eliminate until I reach a better understanding, getting closer to the core. Anything else like you asking me.. "see how this works?" Or, "you can't make this up" is manupilative by attempting to coerce a conclusion from me (like a psychological mind trick I found I had to actively resist just now) interestn tool but.. That is bad practice to get to the core of the actual truth. As there can only be *ONE TRUTH* BLACK-LIVES-DO-MATTER because we've been in a domestic~abusive relationship with the West/world for close to five hundred years now. Though we'll be fine God had always got us hence why we were built like This. Love & Respect

[@beyondthehorizon1474]

kl

[@reggieoverton4437]

Hell no he is a bad black brother & hip... he's a very brilliant and intelligent human being

[@schakj]

On Harvard president: He has a heart, but just has to have more of a spine. DAMN

[@lifestraight]

You know West gonna give it to you raw and unfiltered! lmao

[@chrisjack23cj]

He was so smooth with it too lol

[@richlymann6451]

Just the way I drink my coffee , Black Strong & Straight... Know other way to say it.

[@gcromer903]

Borrowing this - with citation of course 😉

[@blackmantravel6954]

Sometimes you just get to old to fight

[@joeallen4587]

“I am just as committed to Palestinian humanity, as I am Jewish humanity.” Simple right? Dr. West has always stood up against all hatred, yet still some hate him. Shameful.

[@glorymosbyfloyd3878]

Ignorance will always hate what they will never or try to understand

[@tomaxxamot4906]

Palestinian humanity? What does that even mean?

[@pelinalwhitestrake9162]

Palestine isn't real. It's fiction.

[@pelinalwhitestrake9162]

@Joe Passenger The people there have ancestry that dates back centuries yes. They were never called Palestinians until very recently. The land they occupy was never called Palestine. It's fictitious.

[@Br99klynINg24_8]

@@tomaxxamot4906 1st dummy

[@mosestyson2705]

He is a Walking University himself

[@arislopes1924]

He should found his own lfmaoo, cornel west university that actual sounds nice af

[@WilliamsPinch]

Literally.

[@pops1507]

He is a malignant buffoon.

[@nosoul449]

@@pops1507 why are you being rude to this man he has done nothing to you.

[@etamlous]

So let him go open his own Trump University and drink his kool-aid.

[@rpelletier2771]

Cornel is cool AF anyone is lucky to be able to be educated under him!

[@robertlind1511]

It's rich spoiled Harvard kids mostly

[@Upper-cr1kh]

The most racist man alive 💯

[@shlomojesus971]

@@Upper-cr1kh all human rights advocates are racists to Zionist stooges

[@dr.davidenglish778]

I'd love to sit down some day with him for just an hour or two and have a conversation with him. I'm sure it would be mind blowing.

[@henrytoledo4103]

@@shlomojesus971 That's what all the Anti Semites say

[@al5603]

It would have been great to see Dr West at an HBCU.

[@violetthenotary]

That would have been awesome.

[@taharqa332]

Really? Howard treated Dr. Frances Cress-Welsing the same way! Why? Because she was an outspoken critic of racism/white supremacy. If you don’t know who she is; she wrote the masterpiece “The Isis Papers”

[@benkittler9948]

@@taharqa332 this is true

[@Briathrachan]

As true as this is, it is also hugely important and a shame that a place full of affluent white children desperately in need of his wisdom cut him loose. As great as he would be at an HBCU he is equally as important educating future white leaders in business and politics.

[@1maggotbrain]

Dr West appears to be talking ing out of both sides of his mouth, how about helping HBCU if you’re really down with folks

[@kiera181]

"Respect can not be coerced. Respect can not be forced." Everytime I listen to him, I'm in awe.

[@erocgoonable]

Yes...I learn something that can be applied to real life everytime he talks..Whew

[@leesteal4458]

True statement. True statement.

[@pops1507]

Me, too =- but not for the same reasons.

[@bogotaangela6908]

Scottsdale? @#intellectually deficiency? @#Assistant

[@carolynjanise4086]

His wings of knowledge are so wide, that Harvard, Yale, and Princeton did not have room for him anymore. His respect is not just national, but global.

[@farout7016]

This doesn't surprise me at all. He's too much of an independent thinker to be at Harvard.

[@MsDorisann]

Not true.

[@MrKenn1230]

Sadly, I also think to his point, their decision was politically driven. He is far too experienced and accredited for there to be any issue with him being tenured.

[@insomthegreat]

@@MsDorisann Giving up tenure at Harvard is bad for the brand so why would they bring him back? They need people they can control.

[@alurry]

Going in on President Obama didn't help matters either. Obama is a Harvard graduate.

[@insomthegreat]

@@StephenKershaw1 I didn't need college to teach me that pretending God is real will get you a lot further than claiming he isn't. Iz also smarter than you any day of the week.

[@makeracistsafraidagain7608]

I think a lot of people needs to understand the difference between *Jewish* *people* and *Government* *Of* *Israel* , so criticizing the government of Israel is not *ANTISEMITIC*

[@LSturdy]

Honest people understand that perfectly

[@number4cat1]

Before I could guess what you mean by "MAKE RACISTS AFRAID AGAIN", I would wonder what your definition of "racism" is. Does it include anyone who doesn't agree with you? In other words, if I'm not buying your bullshit, am I a racist?

[@SoundScientist1]

@Mazes S A. You mean he's a "fake Hebrew?"

[@Moormores]

Criticism of Jews is not anti-semitic either.

[@bucksteingold4334]

@@Moormores Based.

[@DarrenChen]

Dr. West is one of the most beautiful souls and orators I've ever heard. ❤️🙏

[@nancisam8305]

This guy have a very good memory, he name off all those historians in a minute.

[@ccth22]

I wish I could’ve had Dr. West as a professor.

[@misterj3133]

you'd have to be a rich white kid for that

[@byronspears9395]

KZbin Dr. West lectures

[@HighPriestessK]

Me too! 😞

[@KrazyKrzysztof]

@@misterj3133 rich any color kid

[@toyabrock9519]

Me too

[@mohamedbarca13]

Love this man, he doesn't fold nor bend and isn't a sell-out. Thank you brother west for everything and for fighting for justice.

[@lucianomezzetta4332]

yes yes yes

[@payman1023]

@M M He just told you. He said Cornell West isn't a sellout.

[@kekistanipatriot1644]

I am pretty sure "selling out" has something to do with PRETENDING and PERPETUATING the fallacy of "WHITENESS" when you know who.is really in power. You need to.listen more closely to the names he espouses as great scholars at Union where he is going. You need to listen.more closely to his double speak which has allowed him to gain a reputation for accomplishing something he has not - fighting for freedom.and equality. I like the way he speaks also but I have no examples of him accomplishing anything other than for himself.

[@payman1023]

@M M No dummy, he Mr West doesn't need legal counsel as your accusation is not a crime, and it is bogus anyway.

[@TheDancingRomeo]

hes a fucking moron lol

[@alexaales7937]

i just love how he calls everyone brother or sister no matter what their skin color. he ha so much love for mankind.

[@corazoncubano5372]

We are all brothers and sisters because we are all homo sapiens.

[@LoggyWD]

Step sister.

[@jashanestone]

@@corazoncubano5372 Lil Wayne was adopted. He's an alien 👽

[@TheYellowBrickRoadTV]

@@jashanestone I thought he was a goblin 🤣🤣

[@jimg6570]

His use of "brother," "sister," and "comrade" reflect his politics: Marxism.

[@chitownbear7733]

Dr. West was, is and will continue to be one of the most intelligent and respected brother in the world... The fact that those idiots wanted to play games with him does not take away from his incredible intelligence and respect

[@joeschmoe5583]

What science is he intelligent in? Please explain.

[@chitownbear7733]

@@joeschmoe5583 ask him yourself or do your own research.

[@joeschmoe5583]

@@chitownbear7733 You don't have an answer, you think your sharp retort makes you intelligent. In fact - whole groups of people, including this idiot who is NOT a dr. - he has 10 years worth of study in religion (which he doesn't even believe - because he's a marxist - not that it would make him any more qualified than your average priest to be called a dr.) and RACIAL studies - when HIM - and people just like you - ARE THE BIGGEST RACISTS ON EARTH - WHO ABSOLUTELY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT HUMAN HISTORY OR PHILOSOPHY. Abscesses on the ass of the US for quite a long time.

[@chitownbear7733]

@@joeschmoe5583 no my paycheck and degrees make me intelligent. Like Dr. West, I don't care to speak with your types of people.

[@joeschmoe5583]

@@chitownbear7733 Neither your paycheck or degrees make you intelligent. You are a part of a larger corruption which has not only produced countless victims - but in your ignorance you truly are the biggest victim of all. The incompleteness in your soul - the vanity of your mind and existence - you are the true victim most of all - along with "cornel west". There is more pity and disgust for your ilk more than anything else.

[@jennslifeinhuntingtonwv2678]

Brother West is a great humanitarian. I just love him.

[@t.c.5456]

Amen

[@jarvisjones7499]

Hes your brother, awesome.

[@laurentsaint-laurent3659]

As a practicing atheist, I can only agree with you.... Wish all religious people were like me

[@keithanderson8488]

Yeah but you like sticking Cheetos up your nose too.

[@norcodaev]

Indeed he is a great humanitarian. It baffles me though, how someone as knowledgeable, dignified and distinguished as Dr.West, could still believe in an all knowing yet evidently ignorant, all powerful yet undeniably impotent, omnipresent yet seemingly invisible, sky deity.

[@MegaPepelindo]

What a shame Harvard. Losing such a brilliant professor.

[@davegoldfarb]

dropped out of racebait studies

[@Upper-cr1kh]

The most racist man alive that's why Harvard didn't want him in Harvard is woke as hell

[@angiemajork4054]

What a shame to lose him !

[@Upper-cr1kh]

@Ten Bears Truth hurts . He's the most racist man alive and you're his follower makes you racist as well 💯

[@DARKSEID76]

@@Upper-cr1kh Cite one of the things he said that makes him "the most racist man alive." Please, I'll wait.

[@larhondaodomph.d.4614]

If Harvard can do this to West is there really any hope for the rest of us.

[@tigerlily1034]

Dr West is awesome 👏 A man who stood by his convictions! Harvard’s loss🙄

[@pops1507]

West is a malignant buffoon.

[@tanyalake9152]

@klain leo - What does age/generation have anything to do with being smart or dumb?

[@tanyalake9152]

@klain leo - Well, this is not Nigeria. There are people, regardless of generation, who are not smart. Society is already a mess because of "christianity/religion", pornography, "politics", etc.

[@leestreet1627]

America at it's best. Whenever Dr. West speaks, I stop in my tracks and listen

[@bradwest4821]

someday, you'll listen to the President of Harvard and ask him why

[@14goldmedals]

Me too but I'm expecting him to announce an upcoming fight.

[@TheDancingRomeo]

"i stop my tracks and listen" hahahahhahaha that explains exactly the types who think hes smart

[@TheRealFlightSkoolTv]

Mr west is one the black communities strongest voices. Anyone willing to lose him don’t deserve him. He’s a national treasure.

[@mohamedcalooley4175]

@No Lives Matter idiotic comment made by an idiot what does that comment even mean 😂

[@JK-gu3tl]

He tells people what they want to hear. There's nothing honorable about that.

[@siliziwencanywa1138]

@No Lives Matter How is the OP pointing that out being "racist"? What has that to do with where he lives? It is completely true to say that he is a strong advocate for the black community. The fact that he may be one of the world's strongest voices would not change that. Please, wake up. Your profile name gave your game away...

[@siliziwencanywa1138]

@@JK-gu3tl It is completely honourable when you are one of the few advocating for it, not just for black people but also for those not as fortunate. Honestly, this comment made no sense, as a critique of Mr. West...

[@siliziwencanywa1138]

@No Lives Matter Lol! Ok, buddy...

[@neodavie]

I absolutely love how Dr. West speaks, "...too many of those sites still look like the National Hockey League." He's so awesome.

[@nbryson2010]

I admire and respect Dr. West to the fullest. He has shaken the dust from beneath his feet and already moved on. This is a stain on Harvard's identity for years to come.

[@pops1507]

He is a malignant buffoon.

[@deenad3562]

Their loss for sure. They lost him and lost a lot of respect from us. It'll cost them in the end.

[@kevinjohnson9533]

@@deenad3562 I don't agree Deena. Harvard was successful in punishing, marginalizing and exiling the best PUBLIC intellectual in America today, the only Left scholar with a big voice in America. Neck and neck with Chomsky in helping the public understand the country and world we live in. Harvard has disappeared and diminishes West by making him leave for a smaller less prominent institution and its does that to his scholarship which is a tool for us . Name another voice like West's on American television, there are none .Harvard's motivation is donors preference for Israeli support and that academics support the establishment and don't ruffle feathers , it's good for the business of Harvard and a subtle attack on dissident thought which represents to me the only valuable insights around.

[@jumbroni6014]

They had him tenured already and he gets other jobs. They've been loyal

[@hlulanizitha9920]

@@pops1507 Princeton, Harvard and Yale then have all at some point in time willingly hired a malignant fool, that's a tough proposition to prove, maybe you should adjust your veiws.

[@IvoMiller]

This is a travesty. Professor West is AWESOME. Just like Nina Simone was Denied her Scholarship from Juilliard School of Music Classical Degree. RIP.

[@horrhiunioj507]

Not a travesty but JUSTICE

[@DaxSports1]

@@horrhiunioj507 yeah why do you think that? Genuinely curious id like to hear both sides

[@horrhiunioj507]

@@DaxSports1 Guys, have you seen his hair? Kidding of course and I don’t want to get into it as I can’t articulate a critique as well as you can find with a simple google search of West’s faux pas.

[@dougedoug2105]

It’s the destruction of a legacy

[@eyesthatsmile-heartthatlov8050]

@@horrhiunioj507 So, no reason. You are just trolling.

[@genarosand964]

Shame on Harvard.

[@joedellaselva1251]

He's too much into his celebrity than his scholarship at this point in his career. Harvard University does not lower its standards.

[@incipidsigninsetup]

@@joedellaselva1251 doesn't like when an intellectual black man says his piece. When he does there's always a problem of character that gets voiced.

[@jjayman2]

@@joedellaselva1251 Funny!

[@mariahyohannes]

@@incipidsigninsetup 👍🏾

[@Az-dc4nu]

@@joedellaselva1251 Ted freaking Cruz anyone.

[@jetpromys]

I love hearing him teach, and what an amazing attitude he has.

[@mej.2008]

He gets a seat in my if-I-could-have-any-seven-people-over-for-dinner hypothetical

[@GeraltBosMang]

He is a national treasure.

[@jackiegreen4797]

He is also one of the professor who wrote his name on an objection letter to boycott Khalid muhammad from speaking at kean college , he just his black card now

[@edwardst-pierre1020]

And where do you keep treasure.

[@edwardst-pierre1020]

I wonder why you would be interested in problems in forien countries to such a rage when there is so much going on in America. Division in America is tearing the country apart and fighting only for one people is the cause . Unity is the only way to save the country. I see why there is so much pain in the eyes of some people but demanding respect for something not earned is not how happiness grows.

[@pops1507]

No, Sowell, Steele, McWhorter, Loury .... these are treasures. West is a malignant buffoon.

[@14goldmedals]

Bury him so no one else steals him.

[@falsificationism]

Also...props to ABC for having him on to discuss this. Not sure I would have expected a mainstream outlet to cover this fairly.

[@tylergraf2285]

Truly a testament to cornel. See how his first statement is congratulating her on her new book. how he refers to even his greatest ideological enemies as brothers and sisters. Even when this man joins a program as your opponent he treats you with love and humanity .

[@falsificationism]

@@tylergraf2285 Absolutely agree--he's truly one in a billion.

[@jettap7652]

"He has heart, but he has to have a spine". Love that!

[@reparationsnowjimcrowjoe]

“Politics and intellectual freedoms”, point blank, end of story 🤨.

[@rooz3805]

Give Harvard a million or two and get a degree for your kid, Kushner only a case in point!

[@robbanks4356]

what? All of ivy league schools would be 100% Asian, if affirmative action did not exist. everyone that goes these schools are elitists.

[@sugarbabydollarblc325]

@@robbanks4356 According to Rice University research, Nigerian Americans are the most educated group in the United States

[@robertlind1511]

All minorities Ivys will be 90 percent minority soon anyway.

[@samjavadian7766]

He's one of the greatest living intellectuals Harvard lost big on this case!

[@robertlind1511]

Harvard is a douchebag elitist place you think they care

[@matrixisreal2023]

@@robertlind1511 Harvard ain’t for the people !

[@carlhohn4802]

Chris Hedges speaks of his brilliance. He hangs with the best of are marginalized intellectuals. All marginalized for they recognize injustice and percecution of not just black lives but, of all lives. It is fitting he does not belong in Harvard for it's Law School helped create our Lawless Kangaroo Supreme Court System.

[@joedellaselva1251]

He's too much into his celebrity than his scholarship at this point in his career. Harvard University does not lower its standards.

[@joedellaselva1251]

@Ten Bears 5:50

[@elementofrandomthought4492]

That`s the main issue for professors all around the globe - but particularily in North America. Where once we valued professors and scholars enough to give them tenure positions or opportunities to work towards tenure - we now tend to offer teachers year long or two year long teaching positions - with the renewal of contracts every two years or so, if they are renewed at all. It`s virtually impossible to get tenure under these working conditions which I would argue, are not paid highly enough in the first place. Stability should almost be a guarantee when dealing with education; unless our concerns about eduction are slowly decreasing. Many of these scholars have dedicated YEARS of their lives to their fields, and are hoping to be able to dedicate many more of them and the best the education system can offer them is contract renewals. Once upon a time it used to be common place for teachers to get tenure; now a lot of teachers with education degrees even are shying away from education and veering into other community based positions where they can help their communities because the future is too uncertain. Its hard to have children, get a house etc in any one place when you cannot garantee yourself a steady job beyond 24 months because thats what it comes down to - not years, but months.

[@samuelallen8945]

From the area - met Prof. West outside the FedEx in Harvard Sq. An incredibly kind individual with a deeper understanding than most... Harvard dropping the ball, always.

[@jenitoten2212]

What the hell was Harvard thinking? Big mistake, big!

[@ddoubleu170]

HUGE! 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@violetthenotary]

HUGE mistake for Harvard.

[@jenitoten2212]

@Ten Bears ??? What are you talking about??? 🎼Pretty Woman walking down the street🎼

[@jenitoten2212]

@Ten Bears yes and Harvard made a hudge mistake. He wasn't silenced. If anything Harvard has given it more volume. Kinda like that shop girl in Pretty Woman. Nor can I imagine Harvard's donars being thrilled at having been called out. A man with true morals can never be silenced.

[@tdotson1907]

@Ten Bears he said he cared about both sides they wanted him to just side with isreal only and he wouldn't be a true intellectual if he did that.

[@jaxs7267]

Love hearing Dr. West speak.

[@rodjust101]

Yes!

[@zzizahacallar]

Same

[@joannsmith3589]

@@zzizahacallar me too!

[@rrbaggett7]

I have tremendous respect for Dr. West. His integrity is impeccable; his boundless compassion is inspiring.

[@jumpstart55million]

Look at the amount of books in that mans room. Goes to show why he so well spoken and intellectually potent. The more you read the more brilliant you become. The less you read the dumber you stay.

[@shellibelli4387]

Cornel has such an enlightened understanding of the Israeli/Palestinian dynamics. Too many people make judgements without understanding the subtleties.

[@neilburnside398]

You can't be a reasonable thinking person and not be pro Palestinian. To deny Israeli oppression and war crimes is to cover yourself under a blanket of lies.

[@shlomojesus971]

@BidenCheatedAndBrokeHisAnkle 123 Palestinians are living under apartheid and occupation. UN report confirmed that as did S. African scholars and like Desmond Tutu and Ronnie Kasrils, and human rights orgs like B'Tselem. Decent people are pro Palestinian because decent people are against apartheid and occupation.

[@Logan-zf1ft]

@BidenCheatedAndBrokeHisAnkle 123 troll, get ouf of here.

[@bennywhite7062]

People don't understand that you can find flaws with both sides, that doesn't make you a bigot.

[@hashemkhadra7115]

@BidenCheatedAndBrokeHisAnkle 123 The Welfare Apartheid State is the world worst offender litreally #1 in breaking the international law , the only country where ur religion determine what street you can drive on , and they are finding ways to be more racist like only jews can buy land, not to mention they are the worlds #1offender and also #1 recipient of aid ,if they are exceptional as they claim , why are they #1 Beggers, its a welfare state and the citizens are imported, from europe and will flee when well-fare money drys or run out. Also 10 million is not in any way or shape or form an economic power its only 10 million thats not a big economy , I wish no Harm to any human but Israel is running out of time, this bully mentality will not work, if you read history in that area we do take naps but definitely it doesnt take us 3000 years to come back 200 or less and we are in the second half, when democracy becomes the norm and it well In the arab world ,srael will realize they should've went with the 2 state, those imported fanatics living on the American taxpayer dollar will collectively feel the amnesia has subsided and they will remember were they left the polish passport

[@mikec1865]

Harvard lost a Major social and academic asset when they lost Dr. Cornell West.😑

[@donniel7828]

He was not considered an asset because his stated opinions ran contrary to Harvard's position.

[@aztlan_chicano_native_worl3168]

Just wish we had more people like him in the world he specks facts and real truthful stuff 💯

[@jomocheatham]

This is what humanity, married to love, looks and sounds like

[@rebahenderson211]

A man like Dr. Cornel West deserves respect and I am shocked Harvard has behaved this way towards a National Treasure like Dr. West. Shame on them. The students are missing out.

[@amityville768]

you know its a real professor when the hair is that big and book all stacked up like that

[@robertlind1511]

He looks like a black Albert Einstein

[@sexynelson100]

@Vaginas_ Vibrators with a name like yours.. not surprised you think that

[@rosemejia6386]

Yesss

[@SoundScientist1]

@Deris Salson. You're mixing apples, with mangoes, potatoes, & succutash. Support of Trump has ZERO correlation to this topic. 😲

[@mauritiusdunfagel9473]

Intelligence is humanity’s greatest strength!

[@r.a.m.7209]

Damn I don't know who he is, and that's unfortunate for me...but when he said "respect can't be coerced", I felt that and he's so right. Respect brother!

[@marlonladd]

This is pretty unbelievable that Harvard would do something like this. Wow.

[@bradwest4821]

It's about time people in academia stopped with the garbage. This is a beginning. And...I applaud it

[@TheDetroitblack]

Let's stay educated in the Homelessness issues that's hurting, harming and saving the lives of our Black population on Skidrow, Downtown Los Angeles, speaking of life is a conundrum that Skidrow,I'm the first Black female true university educator in Homelessness,I have taught, trained and I was suffering and lived on the streets of Skidrow,I survived the death trap,yet, I'm never too far away from being one step away from the pits of hell on Skidrow, for once you've been chronic and homelessness you'll forever be in need of supportive services I'm thankful to the people's concern for helping me (aka LAMP COMMUNITY) AND FOR THE WOMEN'S UNION FOR ENLIGHTENMENT, GRATEFUL FOR THE LAPD CENTRAL STATION FIRE DEPARTMEN 7th street, and I'm most grateful for the midnight mission for over 108 years I'm not just helping me but others for feeding us providing showers toilets and a place to sleep.... What's the Cornell West please continue your endeavors continue to seek out people like me who teaches,learn and grow and continue to educate the masses... I indirectly learned from you how to be prideful remain optimistic and hopeful thank you thank you thank you thank you 🙏🏿❤️

[@teresathomley3703]

Bless you- good on you, sister.🙂❤

[@byronspears9395]

👀

[@mekawoods5102]

Stay up Fam, you have choices also to move to another State. There is help out there but not soon enough!

[@mikegriggs4572]

I feel the same way about the Palestinian Situation. We love you Dr West no matter where you are. Solidarity😊❤ Thank You Both

[@priceisright1580]

He didn't go far...he isn't traveling the world .. probably chillaxin at the crib burnin 🔥 a "fatty" .. 👌😉 ..

[@chandraanjelica5608]

Can we just talk about the stack of books behind this brother!!! Mr. West is most certainly a national treasure.

[@mikewilcox8197]

This sister deserves credit for keeping Dr. West contained to a seven minute interview!

[@edwardhenderson7745]

Mr West speaks soooo intelligent and open minded

[@jimg6570]

Open minded?

[@mcasualjacques]

@@jimg6570 He lets his debaters talk longer than other lets say progressists. For his fans this counts as 'open minded'. Even if he doesn't actually change his mind.

[@JasonGafar]

I've always like Cornel West. He's very respectful when dealing with those he disagrees with, which I find is very important given how uncivil our discourse has been as of late. Plus, he's very passionate in the material he lectures, writes and speaks on, as well as addresses. He has a very pleasant personality in my view. He strikes me as a man of empathy.

[@TheDancingRomeo]

hes a fucking moron. lol

[@embaderho4807]

I fully concur with your statement - Well said.

[@JasonGafar]

@@TheDancingRomeo he's a distinguished professor at Harvard University. What are you? An Uber driver?

[@TheDancingRomeo]

@@JasonGafar LOL well Cornel west missed his rightful calling as an uber driver thats for damn sure hahahahah

[@TheDancingRomeo]

West got fired from harvard for stealing a piece of cheddar cheese from the cafeteria lol

[@lolohenderson6475]

I met him in the airport and when I tell you I was so excited!! He was so kind ! Such a brilliant man.

[@Lawperson97]

Lucky!!

[@rlittlejohn2772]

Harvard is Ivy right. When they say IVY they mean it literally. Lilly league.

[@pennypillow4445]

harvard, yale and princeton? most professors can only handle 1, hes done 3!!!

[@LMLification]

Exactly, but you'll have people who will just find a way to speak down about him just because they failed with their own lives.

[@porkchawpshandappleshash789]

Harvard just lost a great mind.

[@ms.j.2961]

Dr. West, just come 2 The Mecca: Howard University, the Real HU!!!

[@MsUtuber2]

Prof West doesn't have to tow the line for Harvard. Solidarity, Sir.

[@sexynelson100]

Cornel West is so righteous that even Fox News have him on their shows.

[@irissanders7487]

@JJ Dillon ...A gap toothed smart and brilliant man!

[@irissanders7487]

Harvard, Princeton & Yale! I bet your azz couldnt get in those schools!🤣

[@irissanders7487]

@JJ Dillon ...In 1970, West started attending Harvard University. Just three years later, he graduated magna cum laude with a major in near Eastern languages and civilization. West then enrolled at Princeton University. By 1980, he had earned both a master's degree and a doctorate in philosophy from Princeton.

[@irissanders7487]

@JJ Dillon ....just like I thought....you got nothing! peace out!

[@v.s.o.poodah]

@JJ Dillon your nothing but a jealous troglodyte you have not offered not 1 response of substance, that jealousy will make you even uglier 😉

[@sabam473]

“He has a good heart; he just has to have more spine.”

[@xyzsame4081]

Squad (members of Congress) are you listening ?

[@tswej]

I know of a Black Professor who was at Texas A&M for over 30yrs and never receive Tenure. He watched kids he taught receive Tenure and every time he would ask there was always an excuse. The real issue is when you're Black at certain school they use you as a prop. It's like there sports teams as soon as the Black kid gets injured and can't play, they look to pull the scholarship and get him or her off campus.

[@deenad3562]

*Denied tenure, Do they not know who this man is? Somebody didn't do their homework* 😒

[@bradwest4821]

the world is keenly aware. And they did their homework

[@36GodMob]

He is factual; cant even have a conversation on that topic

[@chiedu90069]

"I don't believe that respect can be coerced. I don't believe that respect can be forced." Incredible words from a legend and an icon. Dr. West will be fine without Harvard. It's sad that Harvard is no different than any other "fine institution" paying lip service to black equity.

[@oldschooloc2110]

Bravo to ABC TV for providing this open forum to showcase Dr. West's brilliance. It's refreshing to see an uninterrupted, intellectual interview on a commercial tv station. Thanks, ABC TV. Power to Brother West.

[@danielhutchinson2133]

After paying a lot of money in dollars for an online certificate course with Harvard and finding it was rubbish, I dropped out quickly - didn't get a refund - and that was when I first realised how complacent and dissapointing they are... but this really takes the cake! "The problem is the higher level of senior professional managerial sites... still look like the national hockey league": it's not just that, it's also dishonesty regarding the quality of their academic offering.

[@nakedshadows]

This guy is amazing. Don’t think it was his race but rather his views on the Palestinian Israeli issue.

[@django2669]

100%

[@nef4319]

Maybe "All the Above"

[@Hellatight24]

PERIOD.

[@Dot-Dot-Dash]

Cornel West is such a great thinker and educator. We are always lucky to hear him speak!

[@mywildireland9083]

very important that all our colleges have philosophical, social, political, scientific, artistic and spiritual debate without suppression

[@ssnoc]

He’s a professor like my pitbull is a dog trainer

[@khunigan]

Harvard clearly getting rid of open minded outspoken professors. Wonder why? 🤔

[@44excalibur]

Because professors who work in the humanities studies are overpaid and wasting students' time with their indoctrination.

[@value2887]

@@44excalibur but what this dude is saying is really intriguing

[@siliziwencanywa1138]

@@44excalibur Don't look now, but the entire education system is indoctrination. So, I don't know why you used that phrase as if this was limited to Humanities Professors...

[@ndorcer]

@@44excalibur you’re totally illiterate. Humanity studies allow science and technology to prevail. To hurt you even more, our world is strong than even because of theories in philosophy and other studies that allow governments to strengthen their democratic values.

[@44excalibur]

@@siliziwencanywa1138 Humanities professors teach BS ideologies and courses that won't get students anywhere, and only turn them into woke snowflakes. Hard sciences are the only things worth studying because they deal in facts. Most students end up regretting having taken humanities courses as a waste of time.

[@greathornedowl3644]

I am an old white male and I am a huge fan of Prof Cornel West. I am not anti-Semitic, have many Jewish friends whom I treasure. How can you tell a friend they are wrong, have done something you disagree with, without losing a friend. How can you criticize the state of Isreal without sounding anti-Semitic

[@missraeray]

You can’t . Better to keep your mouth shut unless you’d take the risk of losing your friends and quite possibly your livelihood. They don’t play games as a group .

[@heistmaster4629]

you cant its like a trump supporter you either with them or you against them

[@missraeray]

@Ken Brownsher Ken relax . You’re late to the convo , you missed it 🤭🙃😊

[@elbarca223]

"Universities look like National Hockey League" - that says much. Very fortunate to learn from him.

[@jackfrost9451]

He said he is blessed 🙏 yes you are and free..thank you sir.

[@pashapasovski5860]

I actually can't believe that ABC gave my brother the time of the day, let alone let him speak and answer uninterrupted!

[@etamlous]

Ohh wait, you’re telling me West is a liar and that U.S. media is not run by “Zionists” who prevent him from speaking the “truth”? Who knew he was a crackpot...

[@FreshTake01]

There are more Jews at Yale than Harvard idiots

[@ec1185]

Respect Dr. West ✊🏽💙

[@exiled_londoner]

How refreshing to see a Zoom interviewee who hasn't felt the need to have his book collection netly stacked on shelves behind him and with his latest book prominently displayed to get somer free advertising. P

[@t23001]

A number of factors go in to the tenure decision. Unlike the business world, coworkers have a great deal of input on the tenure decision. Also, Dr. West could have had a compensation negotiation with Harvard covering teaching, research, fun raising and other duties, and his outside ventures. How often does any professor get tenure after bouncing around? Glad to here he found a tenured position to his liking in the academic marketplace.

[@worf7271]

Seems like he would fit in better at Cornell.

[@MichelleNgome]

😂😉😂

[@annbush1826]

No thanks. Our first encounter with manipulation by a group of black agitators was in 1969 with a photo on the cover of the alumni news. It featured a black man with a bandolier slung across his chest. He was described as demanding that a dormitory was to be occupied solely and officially by their group.

[@theoccasionalvideo]

@@annbush1826 Hmmm. In the grand scheme of men with guns that is a minor one; but no doubt you were affected deeply.

[@PigRipperLAW]

Stand with all oppressed people!

[@cooliipie]

Blm lmao

[@PigRipperLAW]

@@cooliipie BLM would be too kind to racists, time to BTK.

[@PigRipperLAW]

@@cooliipie BTK racists. What’s BTK? Google it + killer.

[@PigRipperLAW]

@George Prince racists will suffer at the hands of people who were pushed too far. Remember that.

[@salj.5459]

George Prince Wrong

[@artemasbenisrael8254]

Todah Rabah (THANKS For BEING) Your OWN MAN! Sisters and Brothers DO Love You!!

[@KKG3388]

It is always refreshing hearing Dr Cornel West speak! A breathe of fresh is a polluted media landscape, I would love to attend his lectures, I would never miss a class! Also, if Dr West ever reads these comments, please consider moving to a HBCU..... In awe... Thank you Sir!

[@naturalhealermom]

He is deeply rooted in his sense of self, his sense of God, his sense of right doing. I hear conviction each time he speaks. God bless him at Union.

[@carbine090909]

I love this interview. Thank you.

[@value2887]

I mentioned this guy in my Princeton essay

[@rodneykboston]

Too many of those sights look like the NHL. Well said

[@rickclabaugh]

You teach gratitude better than anyone I have ever heard. Thank you, Professor West. You have improved so many lives.

[@NagoyaHouseHead]

Lets be honest, its. about the Palestinian issue.

[@khubza8999]

Absolutely--scares off donors.

[@KenoSNeal]

Or his skin color

[@jamesthomas1628]

What a screw up. Had tenure at Yale, Harvard and Princeton and came back to Harvard without tenure. Hmmm, he must be a philosopher.

[@The_Bird_Bird_Harder]

I'm just learning about Mr. West, and he reminds me of so many of the amazing men in my life. I gotta catch up while I've got time.

[@Meymeygwis]

Love Dr. Cornel, could listen to him talk about anything, such a blessed human being. He holds much intellectual and moral authority. Very capable to address Middle East issues without being antisemitic, or anti-anybody for that matter.

[@reggieburris]

My big brother in the face of adversity!

[@shiks800]

They don’t deserve him, this man is a legend! When he speaks you just can’t help but listen!

[@beyondthehorizon1474]

I am willing to bet a random person £1 that the hon. prof's home has a scent of books, old and new drifting through all over his house!

[@sweetangiegirl1]

Also leather and maybe a cigar or two

[@mccorama]

I love it when other people's book piles are bigger than mine!

[@beyondthehorizon1474]

@@sweetangiegirl1U no! I'll share a blunt, sip on wine or cognac, whilst playing chess with him.. soaking up all that wisdom and scents like a sponge lol

[@stevengreidinger8295]

Such a famous person - Harvard needs to explain itself, otherwise who knows why people do and do not get tenure.

[@rashaadgreene]

"I have grand contributions." Go off, West! It's the self worth for me, boo!

[@shonbarnwelleventsllc.6186]

... tenured at Yale 37 years ago ... Dr. Cornel West, take your time, talent, and tenacity where you'll be appreciated and provided empowered leadership! ~Bwell~

[@beachpatriot4141]

That’s why I love this brother; for his principled stances and telling Harvard and all the other reality distorters, to stick it where the sun doesn’t shine. He’s right to point out that standing for truth is not good for careers at institutions, but there are places where the truth still counts. Too many branded institutions have been infected with agenda driven, “ideas of truth”, which is not the same thing as “the truth of truth” and he KNOWS the difference . In a world that is awakening to the difference, his leadership on this issue could not be more timely . Kudos to Dr. West , still a leading example of how to stick to your principles . Now he needs to be honest about the stolen election and join up with other truth tellers, who were and are persecuted by the same ones whose boot was on his neck.

[@xyzsame4081]

The election was not stolen. It was close in the electoral college (so was the 2016 election, that chips fell toward Trump in 2016). The SWING states have an R lregislature and most have a R govenor. and ONLY there a theoretical manipulation would have made any impact on the OUTCOME of the election.

[@xyzsame4081]

Death-by-a-thousand-cuts voter suppression strategies that had been diligently implemented by Republicans were neutered by mail voting. Republicans HATE high turnout, they cannot win with that. (and Democrats that serve the same big donors and have the tasks asigned to them to beat pro labor candidates in the primaries do not like high turnout in the primaries either. To the point that they use some of the same tactics as Republicans in the general. Closing polling stations, creating long wait times, making it harder for young people to vote for instance closing polling stations at universities, or the demand to be registered as Democrat 6 months before like in New York which massively favors the establishment candidates getting support from people that always vote in primaries.

[@xyzsame4081]

Republicans (in the crucial states) had been in charge of the chain of custody for absentee voting in elections before, so let's hope they did their job. In 2020 they had to apply the same procedures, just to much higher volume. Republican politicians had badmouthed the process already in summer (because they knew that mail voting tends to increase turnout and Republican candidates do not fare well when more people participate in elections). To their credit the boards that are usually tasked with organizing the elections did their job (typically the state legislatures are not involved with the nitty gritty of elections they once pass a low to delegate that to a board) Politicians intentionally and cynically sowed distrust. The people in charge of the practical aspects of the election certainly had an incentive to revisit their protocols. Did they hold up for mass handling ? Did they have to finetune ? They certainly needed more resources (staff)

[@xyzsame4081]

Stolen election. Did you notices how the Trump Czar for the postal services ordered that sorting machines should be removed and sold - just when it was clear they would have to handle a lot of mail ballots in a few months and then within short time. The outcry was so strong that they stopped the moron, but they did not get the sorting machines back that they had already stolen. it was just that he was stopped from undermining postal services even more. btw: the postal service is mentioned in the constitution (like the army or justice system). It is supposed to be supproted as a public service.