here's abc's deborah roberts. >> i tend to be rather controversial in things. i stand for a lot of issues that cut against the grain. >> reporter: dr. cornell west is unapologetically opinionated. >> do you think we can meet the challenge? >> reporter: a trait he credits for his trailblazing career. >> let us never be afraid in the face of hatred. >> reporter: but now the philosophy professor says it's part of the reason he's leaving his prestigious post at harvard divinity school, recently tweeting his resignation letter after he was denied tenure. you had been tenured before, not only at harvard but other schools. why not this time? >> i was university professor at harvard, university professor at princeton. then they're going to say, we don't really think you can undergo tenure, we can't give you the reasons. i've been a black man in america over 60 years. i know what's going on. it had nothing to do with academics. >> you are saying this isn't just about race, it could be about politics, activism, all kinds of things? >> absolutely, it's about anti-palestin

george. >> deborah, thanks very much. >>> let's talk to our expert, royal contributor robert jobson. so, harry surprised most of the world. are you surprised? >> well, i think as night follows day this would happen. as soon as he went and lived in the states, i think a tell-all book was expected. i for one expected it in time. i didn't expect it to be coming out in the same year as the queen would be on the throne 75 years and at the same time there is a huge rift in the royal family. i can't see any feuds or this being healed whilst you're writing your own memoirs. you have to own them. there's no mistaken in that. it has happened before. the king wrote his memoirs just before the coronation. that caused a sensation, and no doubt that this will be a huge, huge hit in terms of sales. i for one would love to read his perspective, but in terms of damage to the monarchy, it will have an impact. >> as much of a declaration of independence as you could have, isn't it? >> that's about right. i don't see this is a man worried about being a prince, being a duke, worrying about what is going

"swan dive, the making of a rogue ballerina," deborah roberts sat down with the author. good morning, deb. >> reporter: good morning, robin. george ina grew up never believing she would be a ballerina. her journey has taking some leaps and dives which she details in a new book. >> what led you to pull back the curtain? >> the love of the afrt form. it's become apparent who we are as a nation, as a human race, ballet hasn't done evolving. >> reporter: in a raw new memoir, she opens up about the obstacles she faced after joining the new york city ballet. her first dose of reality, meeting peter rollins who ran the company for decades. he left in 2019 under a cloud of allegations involving inappropriate behavior. he denied any wrong doing and has been cleared. >> it was an intense environment. being in a ballet company is a very intense environment. >> reporter: her talent was noticed quickly. a few years later -- >> you were told you needed to lose weight? >> yes. >> you? >> yes. >> how far did you go to try to be that thin ballerina? >> i think i went as far as i possibly