Elon Musk tweeted support for ‘Dilbert’ creator after racist tirade
Oliver Darcy, CNN
Newspapers across the country ran a Dilbert comic over the weekend after the creator of the satirical cartoon launched into a racist tirade calling black Americans a “hate group” and telling whites to “get the hell away from them.”
The USA Today network, which operates hundreds of newspapers, said it had taken the comic book offline. The Washington Post and The Plain Dealer also in Cleveland said they would no longer publish the comic.
The move comes after Scott Adams, the Dilbert cartoonist, effectively encouraged segregation in a shocking YouTube tirade. His comments came in response to a poll by the conservative firm Rasmussen Reports, which found that 53% of black Americans agreed with the statement, “It’s okay to be white.”
The Anti-Defamation League noted that the phrase appeared on the infamous 4chan message board in 2017 as a trolling campaign and has a “long history” in the white supremacist movement.
“If almost half of all black people are not okay with white people — according to this poll, not me, according to this poll — it’s a hate group,” Adams said Wednesday on his YouTube show Real Coffee with Scott Adams. ”
“I don’t want to have anything to do with them,” Adams added. “And I would say, based on the way things are going at the moment, the best advice I would give to white people is get the hell out of blacks, just get the hell out… because it can’t be fixed. ”
Adams has since said on Twitter that he is only “advising people to avoid hate” and suggested that the cancellation of his cartoon signaled that freedom of speech in America was under threat.
Andrews McMeel Syndication, which distributes Dilbert, did not immediately respond to CNN’s request for comment.
The newspapers that cut the comic were clear with the readers.
“Scott Adams, the creator of the Dilbert comic, made a racist rant this week… and we will no longer publish his comic in The Plain Dealer,” wrote editor Chris Quinn. “It’s not a difficult decision.”
“We are not a home for those who support racism,” Quinn added. “Of course we don’t want to give them financial support.”
Gannett, which publishes the USA Today Network newspapers, tweeted that it aims to “lead inclusivity and strive to maintain a respectful and fair environment for the diverse communities we serve across the country.”
The Washington Post reported that she had also removed the comic from the paper.
“In light of recent statements by Scott Adams promoting segregation, The Washington Post has ceased publication of the Dilbert comic,” the post reads.
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