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1 of 2 Cornel West: Palestine is a ‘taboo issue among certain circles in high places’ | Middle East Eye “Cornel West: Palestine is a ‘taboo issue among certain circles in high places'” Middle East Eye, Feb. 24/21, by Azad Essa. EXCERPT: “Activist and scholar says he is being denied tenure at Harvard University because of his views on Israeli occupation” “US activist and philosopher Cornel West said he is confident that it is his criticism of Israel cost him… Read more »
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2 of 2 “‘I am not a backdoor-going-kind-of-brother. They got the wrong Black man. If I can’t be a free Black man, in the way in which I can preserve my self-respect, then I am not going to be in a place like that,’ West said. “Harvard University has faced criticism in the past for refusing to offer tenure to scholars deemed to be controversial, but many observers expressed surprise that a scholar of West’s experience could remain untenured. “Harvard… Read more »