| "[68], Harvard University's undergraduate student newspaper, The Harvard Crimson, suggested in October 2002 that the premise of the Law and Order: Criminal Intent episode "Anti-Thesis" was based on West's conflicts with Summers. "[53] He also appears in conversation with Bill Withers in the Bill Withers documentary, Still Bill. In his signature three-piece suit and french collar, with a tumbleweed afro and gap tooth smile, West is a charismatic presence. The tour became a two-part special on their radio program as well as a five-night special on the PBS television program Tavis Smiley. West is an outspoken voice in left-wing politics in the United States.
I don't think it's possible to moderate your language and be a different person when thousands of human beings are wrestling with massive unemployment and underemployment. | ", Smith says much of West's criticisms reflect the disappointment of the Left and the African-American community in the Obama administration. [9][10] [31] Rorty remained a close friend and colleague of West's for many years following West's graduation. "The criticism he makes is not unique," he says. Official Sites [65] West contended he had missed only one class during his tenure at Harvard "in order to give a keynote address at a Harvard-sponsored conference on AIDS." [81], In 2000, West worked as a senior advisor to Democratic presidential candidate Bill Bradley. (as Kevin C. Scott), key hair stylist (as Brian Andrew Tunstall), additional hair stylist (uncredited) / additional makeup artist (uncredited), assistant unit manager: second unit, Australia, production supervisor: Australia (as Jim Scaife), second second assistant director: Australia, second unit director: USA (as David Ellis), second assistant director: second unit, Australia, second assistant director: second unit, USA, first assistant director: second unit, USA, second second assistant director: second unit, USA, additional first assistant director: USA / second assistant director, third assistant director: Australia (as Samantha Smith), additional second assistant director: USA, second second assistant director: USA (as John Morse), second assistant director: third unit, Australia (as Johnny Pacialeo), first assistant director: second unit, Australia, first assistant director: third unit, Australia, set dresser: Bay Area, USA crew (as Emilio Aramendia), set dresser: SF Bay Area/Alameda US crew (as Kris Boxell), construction coordinator: SF bay area crew, art director: Australia / art director: third unit, Australia, propmaker: San Francisco/Oakland/Alameda (as Nick D'Abo), propmaker gangboss: San Francisco (as Christopher Fry), local construction coordinator: San Francisco Bay Area, USA (as Dwight Williams), special effects breakaways technician (uncredited), sound designer / supervising sound editor, assistant sound editor (as William R. Dean), sound effects recordist (as John Paul Fasal), assistant sound effects recordist (uncredited), technical modeler: digital humans enviroments, Esc Entertainment, special effects set supervisor: second unit, production accountant: miniature model & pyro Unit, modeler: Centropolis FX / texture artist: Centropolis FX, effects modeler/designer: ESC Entertainment, visual effects supervisor (as John DesJardin), research and development / visual effects, visual effects coordinator: ESC entertainment, assistant visual effects editor: Australia, digital artist / visual effects technical director, senior character animator: Centropolis FX, lighting senior technical director: ESC Entertainment, color & lighting technical director: ESC (as Andrew Harris), digital compositor (as Jon Heckman) / technical director (as Jon Heckman), assistant technical director: ESC Entertainment, digital artist: SPI, CFX / matte painter: SPI, CFX, digital paint artist: ESC / rotoscope artist: ESC, senior animator/character rigger: Animal Logic, digital effects artist: Pacific Title Digital, senior production services technician: SPI, 3D CG camera matchmover: ESC Entertainment, concept artist: CFX / digital matte painter: CFX, visual effects coordinator: Giant Killer Robots, color and lighting technical director: SPI, effects technical director (as Nickson Fong), 3D concept designer / 3D creature designer. Cornel West had little more than one line in each of The Matrix sequels. "[80], West has been involved with such projects as the Million Man March and Russell Simmons's Hip-Hop Summit, and worked with such public figures as Louis Farrakhan[23] and Al Sharpton, whose 2004 presidential campaign West advised.
[39] His departure from Princeton, unlike his departure from Harvard, was quite amicable. Du Bois Fellow before becoming an assistant professor at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York. It is not possible for me to be a decent human being and be moderate, in the face of injustice. [62], In April 2019, Robert P. George and West participated in an "assembly series" discussion at Washington University in St. Louis titled "Liberal Arts Education: What’s The Point? West also serves as co-chair of the Tikkun Community. Traci Blackmon: Clergy in Charlottesville Were Trapped by Torch-Wielding Nazis", "Obama, Race, and the Right Side of History", "Cornel West Comments on Obama's Nobel Peace Prize: Hard to Be War President with Peace Prize", "Wild Shoutfest Between Al Sharpton And Cornel West On Obama And Race", "Chris Hedges: The Obama Deception: Why Cornel West Went Ballistic – Chris Hedges", "Cornel West: Obama A 'Republican In Blackface,' Black MSNBC Hosts Are 'Selling Their Souls, "An Interview with Cornel West on Occupy, Obama and Marx", "Cornel West & Tavis Smiley on Obama: 'Many of Us Are Exploring Other Possibilities in Coming Election, "Cornel West: MLK Had a Dream; 'Barack Obama's Got Drones, "Cornel West: "He posed as a progressive and turned out to be counterfeit. West isn't on speaking terms with the White House.

[50], West appears as Councillor West in both The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions and also provides the voice for this character in the video game Enter the Matrix. [34] In 1998, he was appointed the first Alphonse Fletcher University Professor. [79] He asserts that Bush administration hawks "are not simply conservative elites and right-wing ideologues", but rather are "evangelical nihilists – drunk with power and driven by grand delusions of American domination of the world." The late jazz saxophonist John Coltrane is a hero from his youth and he has been listening to Giant Steps on the 66th anniversary of its recording. [14] He is also a co-founder of the Network of Spiritual Progressives. [18], From 2010 through 2013, West co-hosted a radio program with Tavis Smiley, called Smiley and West. West lashed out at Summers in public interviews, calling him "the Ariel Sharon of higher education" on NPR's Tavis Smiley Show.