How dare he!-----White jazz professor canceled for criticizing critical race theory plans lawsuit | The College Fix

Students claim comments ‘affected their mental health’; petition demands his dismissal - Dave Huber - Associate Editor 

Martin Speake, a U.K. “composer, saxophonist, academic and educator” specializing in jazz, early last year had responded to a request for feedback regarding Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance‘s “BLM/anti-racist policies and initiatives.”

• Speake noted in his email response “that there is no systemic racial inequality in the UK jazz scene,” and that critical race theory is “divisive and dangerous.”
• He concluded with Martin Luther King Jr.’s quote about judging people “by the content of their character,” not their skin color.

Here’s what followed, according to the professor:
...Speake claims Trinity Laban “threatened disciplinary action” against him, that students boycotted his classes, and that the London Jazz Orchestra (for whom he was lead alto saxophonist for 15 years) requested he take a leave of absence...
A Change.org petition created by “Distressed Student” notes he/she was “deeply affected” by Speake’s message that “perpetuated harmful and defamatory narratives about black musicians in the jazz industry.”...