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Cornel West

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Philosopher

The Resume

    (June 2, 1953- )
    Wrote 'Race Matters,' 'Prophesy Deliverance: An Afro-American Revolutionary Christianity,' 'The African-American Century: How Black Americans Have Shaped Our Country,' 'The War Against Parents,' 'Jews & Blacks: A Dialogue on Race, Religion, and Culture in America' and 'The American Evasion of Philosophy: A Genealogy of Pragmatism'
    Appeared in 'The Matrix Reloaded' and the video game 'Enter the Matrix' as Councilor West
    Recorded the album 'Sketches of My Culture'

Why he might be annoying:

    He recorded a rap album with Derek D.O.A. Allen.
    He has been accused of having a huge ego.
    Political scientist Adolph Reed Jr. described his work as, '…tending[ing] to be 1,000 miles wide and about two inches deep.'
    He resigned his professorship at Harvard after feuding with it's new president, former Clinton appointee, Lawrence Summers.
    Instead of leaving graciously, when he quit he was quoted as saying, 'Larry Summers strikes me as the Ariel Sharon of American higher education.'
    Summers was upset with him for focussing more on his outside ventures than subjects of academic importance.

Why he might not be annoying:

    It only took him three years to graduate magna cum laude from Harvard.
    He is known as being a teacher who can communicate with any student and genuinely cares about each one of them.
    He is one of the most well respected living scholars of pragmatism and Friedrich Nietzsche.
    He has written on the importance of democracy in both our political system and each individual's everyday life.
    The Wachowski Brothers credited him as being one of their main influences while writing 'The Matrix' and included him in the film's sequels.
    Along with Michael Lerner, he is trying to heal relations between African Americans and Jews.
    The songs on his album all have positive messages.
    He is currently battling prostate cancer.

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 197 Votes: 72.08% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 208 Votes: 69.71% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 32 Votes: 68.75% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 130 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 62 Votes: 41.94% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 27 Votes: 40.74% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 15 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 25 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 26 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 71 Votes: 77.46% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 20 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 37 Votes: 67.57% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 49 Votes: 48.98% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 40 Votes: 47.50% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 89 Votes: 59.55% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 213 Votes: 46.48% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 269 Votes: 52.04% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 299 Votes: 59.53% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 407 Votes: 66.83% Annoying