Cornel West accuses Harvard University of ‘spiritual bankruptcy’

Author and activist announced his departure in March but has now published resignation letter which cites ‘superficial diversity’ and ‘spiritual rot’

Author, activist and scholar Cornel West has resigned from his role as professor at Harvard University, accusing the institution of “an intellectual and spiritual bankruptcy of deep depths”.

West, a prominent Black intellectual, had been in a dispute with Harvard over tenure. His departure from the university, and new role at Union Theological Seminary in New York, was announced in March. West has now posted his resignation letter to Harvard on his social media accounts, citing the “spiritual rot” at the US’s “market-driven universities”, and “decline and decay” at the Harvard divinity school where he taught.

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