Hundreds of newspapers drop Dilbert after creator’s Black ‘hate group’ remark

Hundreds of newspapers are stripping their pages of the widely syndicated comic, Dilbert, after this live stream by its creator, Scott Adams. If nearly half of all blacks are not okay with white people, according to this poll, not according to me, according to this poll, that's a hate group. That's a hate group. Adams referencing a recent poll during his YouTube show Wednesday and taking aim at black Americans who disagreed with the statement, it's okay to be white. A hate slogan used by white supremacists, according to the Anti-Defamation League. The best advice I would give to white people is to get the hell away from black people. His rant igniting furor on social media.

The once popular comic now dropped by a growing number of publications, including the New York Times and the Washington Post, denouncing his comments as racist and promoting segregation. My reputation for the rest of my life is destroyed. After a barrage of tweets and multiple live streams since the incident, Adams doubling down on his comments again on Sunday. Including the cancellations. This was all predictable. And I knew it when I said it. And I was okay with it.

The 65-year-old says the media took his words out of context, and he was only advising people to avoid hate. Now catching the attention of billionaire Elon Musk, who tweeted, the media is racist. Are we sticking with our ban on useless greetings? Yes. Despite his highly successful comic that briefly reached TV screens, Adams has been no stranger to controversy. Months ago, the San Francisco Chronicle reported it stopped carrying Dilbert after his work made fun of reparations for African Americans. Fellow cartoonist Darren Bell says publications should now meet the moment. Newspapers have an opportunity right now to show who they want to talk to in this country.

And I hope they think long and hard and pick the right ones.

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