We mentioned this professor in a previous quick take. Berklee has now fired him.
The Washington Free Beacon reports:
Berklee College of Music Fires Professor Who Called Jews ‘Vile Predators’Berklee College of Music has fired a top professor following a Washington Free Beacon probe into his anti-Semitic comments.Nicholas Payton, who has called Jews “vile predators” and falsely blamed them for slavery, revealed in an Instagram post Saturday that he was out as chair of the school’s brass department.”[O]n a zoom meeting this wednesday at 1:00pm CST, i was told by two berklee officials that i had 24 hours to resign or be terminated,” Payton wrote in the post. “[I] think the real issue is people miscategorizing me as an ‘antisemite.'””[L]et me remind those who find me problematic: I AM THE VICTIM. [I] was dismissed without due process, without a warning, or a chance to make it right,” the aggrieved musician continued. “[I] loved that job and was finally getting the hang of it, even though i’ve never had a ‘regular’ job in my life.”The musician additionally claimed that Berklee had hired him in full knowledge of his past remarks about Jews—and had indicated their personal agreement with him.”[I] was promoted to chair of the department in the fall of 2024. [W]as handpicked by a dean who knew full well about these so-called antisemitic statements and told me that not only he agreed, but so did the provost, the vice president and HR also agree.”Payton specifically called out the Free Beacon for precipitating his exit, writing that his statements “regarding the actions of some in the jewish community” were “completely miscontextualize[d].” He added in a now-deleted post that “calling black people ‘antisemite’ is the new ‘N****r.'” As of Monday, his name is no longer listed on the school’s brass department faculty page.
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