Several news organizations, including the USA TODAY Network, dropped the Dilbert comic after creator Scott Adams made racist comments.
Numerous newspapers, including USA TODAY, announced they will stop running the widely syndicated comic strip Dilbert after the creator described people who are Black as part of a „hate group“ that white people should „get away“ from.
Scott Adams, the creator of the strip that debuted in 1989 that pokes fun at office culture, received backlash from comments he made Wednesday on his YouTube channel „Real Coffee with Scott Adams.“
As news organizations announced they were pulling the comic strip because of Adams‘ remarks, the comic strip creator continued to defend his remarks. What did Scott Adams say?
The backlash against Adams began Wednesday when he referenced a Rasmussen Reports survey that had asked whether people agreed with the statement “It’s OK to be white.“
Most agreed, but Adams noted that 26% of Black respondents disagreed and others weren’t sure.
The Anti-Defamation League says the phrase was popularized in 2017 as a trolling campaign by members of the discussion forum 4chan but then began being used by some white supremacists.
