“Dilbert”, the famous comic strip, was canceled after racist remarks by its creator

cartoon creator Dilbert, Scott Adamsperhaps felt the greatest impact of his recent comments on African-American citizens when the distributor Andrews McMeel Universal announced on Sunday that he would stop working with the designer. The same position was taken by several American newspapers which decided to stop publishing the famous comic after this one. Adam posted a video in which he calls the black population a “hate group”.

AdamThe 65-year-old rose to fame in the 1990s with the strip in question, thanks to his scathing chronicle of the world of work, but his comments on social issues are increasingly controversial. Last Wednesday, he spoke on his YouTube show about a recent Rasmussen Reports poll showing that a slim majority of black people polled agreed that “it’s good to be white.” “It’s a hate group and I want nothing to do with them,” he said. “As things stand, the best advice I can give white people is to stay away from black people,” the author added.

Editors of various news outlets in the United States denounced the comments as racist, hateful and discriminatory, while saying they would no longer provide a platform for their work. “We have decided to stop publishing the comic Dilbert in our international print edition following the racist comments of Scott Adams“, said Danielle Rhoades Haspokesperson for The New York Timeswhich specifies that Dilbert it was published in the international print edition, but not in the US edition or on the Internet.

USA TODAY Network, which runs hundreds of newspapers in the United States, announced late Friday that it will “no longer publish the comic” due to “recent discriminatory remarks by its creator.” For its part, chris quinnthe editor of The ordinary merchant in Cleveland, Ohio, said Friday it was “not a hard decision” for his newspaper to stop running the tape. “We do not welcome those who advocate racism,” he added.

The Washington Post announced on Saturday that the comic would no longer appear in its pages from now on, although it was too late to prevent it from appearing in its weekend editions. In light of recent statements by Scott Adams that promote segregation, The Washington Post ceased publishing the comic Dilbertsaid a spokesperson for the newspaper.

Andrews McMeel Universal officials said the company supports free speech, but the cartoonist’s comments were inconsistent with their core values. “We are proud to promote and share many different voices and perspectives. But we will never support any comments based on discrimination or hate,” they said in the statement posted on the company’s website and on Twitter.

The longtime comic book creator who pokes fun at office culture has defended himself on social media from those who he says “hate me and cancel me.” Elon MuskCEO of Twitter, defended Adam in posts on the platform, arguing that the media used to “be racist against non-whites, now they’re racist against whites and Asians.”

The Rasmussen Reports investigation he referred to Adam on his YouTube show, he asked if people agreed with the statement “It’s okay to be white”. Although the majority agreed, the cartoonist noted that 26% of black respondents disagreed and others were unsure. The Anti-Defamation League says the phrase was popularized in 2017 as a campaign to trolling by members of the 4chan chatroom, but later began to be used by some white supremacists.

In another episode of his online show last Saturday, Adam he said he insisted that “everyone be treated as an individual” without discrimination. “But you should also avoid any group that doesn’t respect you, even if there are people in the group who are fine,” he said. By then, his tape had already been dropped by various media outlets.

With information from AFP and AP

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