Berklee College of Music has fired trumpeter Nicholas Payton, chair of the school’s Brass Department,over a string of anti-semitic comments in his social media. Among other libels he accused Jews of oppressing black people.
Payton said his views were well known to the school when he was hired. He says:
‘On 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.’
‘Let 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. I loved that job and was finally getting the hang of it, even though i’ve never had a ‘regular’ job in my life.
‘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.’
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