Cornel West Explains Why He’s Leaving Harvard | The Mehdi Hasan Show
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- Опубліковано 13 лип 2021
- As schools are being ripped apart by rows over racism, professor Cornel West joins Mehdi to talk about his decision to resign from Harvard University.
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Dr. West, always with a message of peace, reason & love. Please invite him back frequently- we need to hear his voice as an antidote to the madness.
Ya anymore only watch corporate news when they have guys and gals like Cornell on. I even have a like. Maybe if enough people did that. Cnn msnbc even fox news would notice
My Favorite Guy. Hes what we all should be.
YES. I HAVE TO HEAR HIM. HELL!DOES ANYONE KNOW..HIS DIRECT NUMBER? I'M SERIOUS.
But mostly for laughs.
Thank you Dr. West for all you have done, from a white vietnam veteran.
Okay. He alright but crickets about the dems. Sooo.
@@queennoneya601 He criticizes Democrats & Republicans on their Bs all the time, GTFO 🤡
My high-school best friends dad was a Vietnam vet taught me how to shoot/gun safety, and how to ride a motorcycle! Thank you for your service sir.
Thank you for your service
@@craftgunner Thank you I appreciate that
39 individuals hit thumbs down, I am pretty sure those people will not give you a drop of water to save your life. I can listen to Dr. West all day.
I gave the video a thumbs down but if you're ever dehydrated, let me know.
anyone who doesn't agree with me wants everyone to die! sounds fair
@@QUABLEDISTOCFICKLEPO ahh little snow flake is triggered by my name.
@@dlkaran
Yeah, I get carried way some times. Im deleting that. Although, you could have changed your name but chose not to do so. That has to mean something.
@@QUABLEDISTOCFICKLEPO The definition of my name is in, " Hindi and Sanskrit".
It should not be illegal to disagree with Israel
Didn’t know it was but I agree.
But white supremacy controls America right?
Lefties realizing that the far right is spot on with who controls the country
A white dude I work with was told by a colleague that I'm Jewish; I think he was relieved because he was afraid I was Arab, based on my looks. Dude randomly comes over to me with a big smile and says: "I want you to know I support Israel". His expression changed when I calmly say: "That's nice. I personally do NOT support the Israeli government's illegal occupation of Palestinian territories or its policies of Apartheid against Palestinian peoples, or its bombings killing children in West Bank, Gaza and Lebanon, or the corruption of the Israeli Prime Minister. I'm not down with that stuff." Dude was suddenly magically struck mute.
@@zyrosqrd2552 Haha he was shocked that you have a personal opinion and perspective, that has a mediated mindset. That’s why I can’t dislike Jewish people, there are smart ones like you 🥰. I don’t believe in god, however it would be proud of you for loving thy neighbor.
@@splintmeow4723 i'm agnostic, but of Jewish parentage. As a kid I got beat up for being a Jew; after 9/11 I got threatened in the street by people who assumed I'm Arab; in 1980 people accosted me thinking I was responsible for the American hostages held in Iran. Some people use their brains to think critically and keep learning; some use their brain to jump to baseless irrational conclusions and rationalize prejudice and violence against those they perceive as different than them.
Harvard’s loss. The Union’s gain.
If Harvard wasn't giving him tenure for so long, they clearly didn't want him, so more like Harvard's sigh of relief, the Union's new headache lol
Mehdi Hassan, a verbiage drama queen. Cornel West, a redundant left-leaning rah-rah. Makes zero difference to Harvard if someone leaves or joins. These pathetic but very powerful institutions exist to sustain the empire and it's dominant culture.
Michael Jamal Brooks suggested that Cornel West is one of the most important intellectual figures alive today, and I couldn't agree more. Dr. West is an incredibly wise and emotionally intelligent voice on the left. Show our love and appreciation!
✊☮️💟🖤
He is. He can explain it and that is why he was made rid of.
Much radical love for Dr. West!!
if he a leftist then he cant be that smart he inside an immoral cult of weirdos
Brother @@redexexile795 , treat yourself and listen to one of his lectures, or watch his appearance on Joe Rogan. Don't cheat yourself out of the opportunity to learn
It is refreshing to hear folks speak up about this, we need more voices!
❤
You are right Dr. West. With love and respect from Canada, from a person who has also paid the price for my solidarity with Palestine, and my name is Shawn Robinson, so I do not hide my advocacy, I believe your work is not done.
May the Almighty bless you for helping the cause of the oppressed , stay strong & persevere sister ❤
Neither is yours, or for that matter, any of ours. Stay strong, fear not and don’t give up.
Cornel West is a great man and I stand behind him one hundred percent all the best to him.
Cornel West is a priceless gift that Harvard didn't deserve or appreciate. They had a diamond but preferred soil. Their loss of him on staff is immeasurable but a great gain to his next appointment.
WHAT YOU, SAID.
They kept him as long as they did only for "comic relief."
Dr West is a living legend
According to who?
@Dareen he still looks like Don King and probably secretly hates whites like many of these types!
in his own mind
@@0118Natasha Dr West is a humanist, no doubt
Salute Dr. Cornel West 💪🏿💪🏿
We live in a Kingdom of Lies.
I would have thought that tenure would be automatically given to someone of his stature. How many professors have written nineteen books and been a part of several more by editing. This is a another real eye opener.
Havard staying mum, because whatever they say, they know he will have a rebuttal. So silence and passing of time is better strategy for them.
it's a coward move nevertheless
All my best, Dr. West. ❤️
The guy was a professor at Yale and Princeton before and was tenured at Yale. WTF could it be? There's no way he doesn't meet the criteria. he's right.
Gave up tenure at Yale?
Wow, how has that turned out for him.
The shadow of Jim Crow still operating in a very subtle manner, oh yeah!! Dr. West is spot on. Mehdi, brotha, let him finish…man an interview is like a dance, gotta groove bro, plus having Dr. West is a once in a lifetime event. Thank you Dr. West for a lifetime of work for civil rights and reframing the discussion back to substance, morals and speaking truth straight up.
Trust me when I say Mehdi Hassan knows how to do an interview. He also has interviewed Dr.West enough times to know if you want to get the most out of the precious time you have with Dr.West, you would have to interrupt him(gently mind you) because Dr.West interviews are more like drives down a highway rather than the usual dance that you speak of... And the metaphorical car that is Dr.West, once he gets going on any topic he will go down that road longer than needed (but the conversation is really needed.)
@@TheD42069 Ok, a Mehdi fan, I take it, hey no worries, he is good but I don’t think my ask or critique is a bad one, and yes Mehdi is good, thank goodness for him frankly, for having someone like Dr. West in MSNBC wow!!! Anyhow what the man said 35 years ago, is relevant today, that is about how long I’ve had the merit and blessing of hearing Dr. West and what he says, does today is so important when it comes to understanding the history as a living breathing continuity, not as the superficial crap we get in the news today. So I’d clamor to have a long form interview this man is expressing much needed context on every topic I can think of and a real counter to the vapid Milque toast crap we get from most media outlets. So I will end with a thank you to Mehdi for having him, absolutely well done. That said let him express and talk for days, if needed, finally, I thought my comment was brotherly, Mehdi let me know if you thoughts I was out of line.
@@AgueroNain not out of line at all and I've also been listening to Dr.West for about 35 years... Just in Canada instead of the US. I agree that to get the best out of Dr.West you need to do long form interviews. I'm just saying that you got only a few minutes for a segment and Mehdi Hassan knows how to do a interview because he has to judge between Dr.West going from substantial thought to substantial thought. Something most US interviewers don't seem to do well.
@@TheD42069 Fair enough. What’s important here, is, we got some excellent thoughts, spot on perspectives I thought on what is happening…Very best.
I wouldn't call it subtle, anti semitism labels have been crammed down everyone's throat for ages, the Zionists have made a mockery of the tragedy that the Jewish people experienced, instead of making sure that humans anywhere would not have to experience it again. America too is responsible for all the atrocities it's war and drug buisseness has let loose on the world ,it's torture prisons that went against laws of humanity
Dr. West, you are the reason people would want to go to Harvard! I’m so happy you are coming down out of that ivory tower of pretense!
Thank goodness that horrible school didn't turn this great man into a neocon liberal like everyone else that attends that University. Thank you for being one of the best progressive minds in the country Mr. West. You have Tenure in many hearts and minds across the nation.
Okay, you'v had your say, now go back into the closet.
Anti Israeli is legit. It's a totally different issue than anti semitism. Israel has taken Palestine from its owners. They couldn't live Together , In Peace ☮️
taken it from its owners? you have no clue. and i'm not talking about the land belonging to the jews because god said so, but because they settled it in a legitimate manner, buying land and later also settling on the territory that they conquered in a fight against the enemy who wanted them dead or expelled
@@viktorkukuruzovic5332 yeah stealed it once through a genocide in 1000 BC & the second volume we all know about. Annexation of territories through wars
Is a crime under international law.
+ the violation of the right of self determination of autochtones who are still waiting for their right recognized by the UN to be applied, the only obstacle for democracy to be respected is the veto of the criminal state of the USA + it’s beloved terrorist state so called Israel.
Why do you believe his position on Israel was the reason he was not offend tenure? He has not presented any evidence to back up that claim. He is just speculating.
@@viktorkukuruzovic5332 how about the ongoing settlements? Have you looked at an evolving map of Palestine?
@@viktorkukuruzovic5332 -- Stealing Palestinian homes on the West Bank is what you call legit?!! Wow.
Harvard has always had its 'semitic' rules...its just not spelled out. But it is 'acted out' on all of us who have been part of this academic system.
I’m not sure what you mean when you say « Harvard » has always had its semetic rules ». I do know that in the first half of the 20th century Jews were refused admission and / or were discriminated against. Of course, it used to be a bastion for WASPs but it seems to me that they have almost bent over backwards to promote diversity as of late. Controversially, they recently implemented a policy to limit the number of Asians in order to benefit other minorities such as Blacks and Latinos. They were sued by a group of Asians but they won the case in the Supreme Court on the argument that promoting diversity is a positive value and so race may be used as one criterion in the recruiting process.
I wish him the best, I'm willing to believe him when he says that he was denied a job he deserved because he supports a humane solution to what is happening between Palestine and the terror state.
i cannot imagine a more qualified individual to hold the Dietrich Bonhoeffer chair than Dr Cornel West ! one o' the leading intellectuals in america - at a time when intellectuals are in short supply ! i may not agree with his faith, but i absolutely agree with his moral and ethical stances on everything......joey biden is only 'up to the task o' tackling autocracy if it were a wet paper bag - just keeping it 100. biden - kicking the can o' fascism down the road since jan 2021...
You aren't wrong, particularly about Biden
Respect to Dr. West.
This world is so fucked up right now.
Dr. West stated it perfectly. Racism in America is more hush hush suttle quite and behind closed doors. Basically racism is still prevalent and very much alive and well in this country even today 2021...
Jim Crow lives at Harvard as a subtle condescension. duh
Dr. West has always spoken candidly and passionately. God bless you and your students at Union Theological Seminary.
Cornel West, to me, is a perfect blend of MLK and Malcolm X and it doesn’t get much better than that.
He is like none of them. A great scholar. They were community organizers and got their power from that. West is powerless, he simply a scholar and a theorist. They are all black, but completely different talents and missions.
What a shame. One of the greatest voices.
To be taught to think for the pleasure of thinking...for the possibilities blooming from that thought. You Dr.West. are a treasure indeed.
West is a wise man. #FreePalestine
The word democracy is hopelessly misused in the west, where plutocracy rules the day.
Biden talking about truth and democracy.....am out.
I've learned a new word today " decrepitude " Thanks Doctor West
I hope to be as eloquent as our professor here when speaking off the cuff. Always something Ive admired about some teachers, performers, and speakers.
If every had the moral compass of Dr. West. The world would be a beautiful place.
We would look like South Africa
@@deeznutz8320 you're a bum trolling the comments section with your fragile feelings.
@@raydanabe you said a whole lot of nothing, just to say people's morality is different from each others. Or lack thereof I should say.
@@raydanabe who hurt you.
Good for you Dr. West! Take your brilliance elsewhere. My prayers are with you ❤️❤️🙏
From a white, gay man - Thank you Dr West for helping me find my voice, and then my soul. Your eloquence continues to inspire me.
I wish people would stop saying antisemitism everytime someone speaks out against atrocities. Its ANTIZIONISM.
This man has always been incredibly bold. Now that is a man
I love Dr. West!. He is truth personified!
I always hope that people in institutions of higher learning are open minded and willing to see and learn everything.
Even hatred and plagiarism?
Our young people have few scholars left who have actually been there and done that . A man from humble beginnings who can tell the story from an angle that does not reek of hatred . He speaks a universal language of peace too all mankind ;but his vision will continue wherever he lands and thank God for that .
Dr. West is a gem, thank you for standing up for your values sir. I bow to the love that lives in your every word.
Dr. West why don't you open a school :) focusing on African American studies and how it intersects with America?
It was just an idea, but I think a very good one. Harvard lost a National Treasure the day you resigned.
I’m with that idea, yo!
Black global studies would be amazing too!
I think its both the Palestinian solidarity and spite by former President Barack Obama.
With all due respect to Dr. West, it would be great wherever he goes to teach to a student body which reflects a wider plurality of culture beyond those who normally can afford Ivy League higher education . 😬🧐
WHEN YOU HAVE A PEOPLE WHO CLAIM TO BE CHOOSEN BY SOME FAKE SOMETHING WHO SAID TO TAKE THE LAND OF OTHER PEOPLE WE MUST REJECT THEIR CLAIM OF MORAL STANDING
You better say nice things & stay in the good graces of the Oppresser, or they may label you anti semitic....
@@larrydickman5936 HA HA HA HA HA WE REAL NATIVE ALWAY SPOKE FREELY NOBODY OR NO PIECE OF PAPER TELLS US WHAT TO SAY THATS A COLONIAL PROBLEM
he is AMAZING. A man of principle
Dr West you are a Legend 🙏
One more time Dr. West talks truth to the power in a way that only few dare to do. What a gem of humanity he is. It’s a great loss for Harvard.
May Allah always protect Dr. Cornel West, integrity still lives....
Ameen !!
This is a sick mentality! Allah only appears when things go wrong ! Why did not he help him before problems happen?
@@TonyTony-je8tc because he doesnt exist. he doesnt show up before or after
Respect to Cornel West one of the brightest mind out there.
What a smart honest man
Respect for You Dr.West.....You are a brave man....
You’re still a rockstar in my book Dr. West.
👏👏👏👏👏
Why did this end? where's the next part?
Dr./Professor/Educator Cornel West, has my, many others thanks for his tireless efforts to campaign for decency, morality & Palestine 🇵🇸 in a time of utter immortality & the decent into putrid authoritarianism, nationalism, Islamophobia & vilifying the most oppressed monitories around the world & at home. Thank you Sir! Mashallah
Respect❤ Thank you sir for your service and dedication to high standards of education
Yeah, Cornel, you gave me plenty of laughs.
Great job Dr. West. 🙏
😲😲Sounds like they didn’t want to work with Dr. West any further, because he wasn’t continuing to dance to their tune on certain issues, especially when it comes to be on the side of Palestinians.🤔🤔
I'm proud to see in an age of political cowardliness we still have warriors for peace and justice that can not be bullied or bought . Dr. West is a drum major for justice for the Palestinian cause and I strongly support him.
The video was cut off at a pretty odd moment. Dr. West was making a critical point.
Let me get this straight: the only famous dude from Harvard any normal person knows or cares about (wait, well besides the Unabomber) and they wont tenure him? Dafuq?
Take for the hint
Harvard is pretty centre-right. Just look at Dr. West, & listen to him. He's too far "left" for Harvard's liking.
Buckshot la fonque
Dig ditch ambidextrous
Legendary Dr West - Integrity | Fortitude | Courage | Love ❤️
and they cut it
“For the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow us to temporarily beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change."~Audre Lorde
ha yeah my school touts diversity the student body and faculty is but the staff and the people on the higher up committees are mostly white.
I bet they are Jewish
It probably never occurred to you, but it's diversity of THOUGHT, not skin color, that is important, no, essential.
I just love listening too cornell west!
Don't go silently into the night (fight)
@The Choice
Next time you do a segment regarding this issue, Could you take some time to explain how tenure works in Colleges and Universities in order to fill people in who don't know about that process and how it actually works to round out to a fuller and better understood coverage amongst the people who have never been exposed to the world of higher education?
It's easy to forget that the unpriveleged have not much reason to care if they don't understand the underlying setting in the story. It's important to remember that not everyone has the same type of access these days.
Please and thanks.
I love your channel ❤.
Must feel right at home in the chair of D Bonhoeffer.
God bless both.
Rec reading:" The Cost of. Decipleship".
The real deal.
They don’t want any of our Brilliant Leaders to have tenure anywhere. The powers that be are determined to destroy Trust, History etc……..Stand strong Dr. West
They can’t stand the truth, it hurts.
You can't stand the truth and all you can do is play the well-worn race card. This time it's not working.
Harvard aka University of Tel Aviv American Campus
😹
Love, love, love Cornel and Chris Hedges, both national treasures.
The love of money is generally enough to keep most of us silent, so the ladder can be climbed. But if the love of money isn’t enough, the price for keeping your power is your silence. You must never criticize the naked aggression of the US Empire and the daily war crimes. These crimes, both home and abroad that are a byproduct of money is free speech and our Corporate State. If you speak-up, then these neo-liberals along with conservatives who are the slaves to plutocracy will come after you.
what a great man!
Thing that people fears the most is the TRUTH!!
Goodness, truth, beauty yes. Not terrorism and hate. We need to understand how to separate those ideas and behaviors. A lot of college students seem not to know how to do this.
heartiest love to dr c west
This is truly the Age of Decadence and Sin!
Se7en.
I'm a middle aged white guy and,I enjoy listening to dr.west often.
Dr Norman Finkelstein also faced this kind of criticism.
Are you sure you are going to be invited to Bill Maher show from now on?? Salute to you Dr.
Not giving windbags who say nothing tenure is a great way for Harvard to maintain their high standards.
As to his mendacious claim about Harvard denying him tenure over his pro Arab stances, he held those positions when he was hired for a tenure track position. It isn't like he had a sudden change of heart during his time at Harvard. The simple fact is his scholarship, which was never as great as the public believes, has declined precipitously during his time at Harvard as his teaching. He can write books for the public anywhere but tenured positions are for academics who teach.
Quora dot com says that 80% of World Jewry is Ashkenazi. If you look at Genesis 10 (Table of Nations) Japeth fathered Gomer (Slavs). Gomer fathered Ashkenaz. These people are the descendants of Japeth, not Shem. When you point this out, straight from the bible, they brand you as Anti Shemite. Unbelievable.
Mind Begs the Question:
Those once expelled from their Homes
If expell others from their Homes
Human,Inhuman?
Have more people like him on your channel
Mind Begs the Question:
To support & aid an Apartheid State
Righteous,Evil?
I wonder how Dr West would characterize the shameful interview that medhi did with Assange's family and the corporate talking points that he served up rather than discussing the evidence and the importance of free speech in journalism.
That would be interesting if assange was actually into free and open speech but he was really just someone that used information to punish enemies. There was very little objective journalism happening with Assange.
@@jb6879 Says someone who hides behind initials.
Were his classes well attended? Is he a good teacher or does he pontificate 'his' truth to the students?
Thank you, Mehdi, for asking these questions to such a vital, wonderful guest!
Cornell West is more precious than 10 Harvards.
Why would Amazon and other oligarch corporations be in favor of the voting bill? Please people take a look at the bill🙄
This came up random on my feed. Thank you Dr West.
Silence is not enough to be in the struggle for your rights! Didn't he leave and was invited back to teach at Harvard? They knew about his activism as a way of LIFE? 📚🤔😷
I always loved watching his lectures.
MEEEE.TOOOO
Dr West, i have seen with my own eyes how miserably the Palestinians are treated, i commend u for being outspoken, stick to ur basic truth and understanding of what truly matters, thank u.
The real goats!!
Cornel does a great job of weaving multi-cultural approaches to a life of spirit, justice, and devotion to the pursuit of truth.
Dr. Cornel Well understands that we must be where we are loved and appreciated, where we can flourish and educate those who are solely in need of scholarly education. Dismiss those downtrodden so called prestigious halls of academia who just tolerate and give consideration to RIGHTEOUS BLACK AND POC at their own whim, Period! Self Love is Self Preservation! God Bless Dr. West.
How long did it take U DOC; 2realize U worked 4the enemy? Don't U listen 2those who new? That's right U think U An others have most the answers😱well hopefully U will see that separation is our only solution separate from the devils😳
Brother Dr. West--with a huge heart, so muich compassion, and great common sense--respect!
Only the good is expelled.