Scott Adams

One newspaper cited recent “reprehensible” comments by Scott Adams in its decision to drop the comic.

Adams has been [condemned](https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/dilbert-17805004.php) for comments criticized as racist in recent years, including comments that some of his projects have been canceled because he is white. Previously, Adams was criticized for [asking](https://twitter.com/scottadamssays/status/1155679797223182337?s=21) survivors and witnesses of a 2019 mass shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California, to sign up for an app he helped create. [deemed](http://syndication.andrewsmcmeel.com/comics/dilbert) by publisher Andrews McMeel Syndication as “the most photocopied, pinned-up, downloaded, faxed and emailed comic strip in the world.” The comic strip has appeared in an estimated 2,000 newspapers across 65 countries and 25 languages. [Bay Area Cartoonist Who Created Dilbert Goes On Racist Rant, Draws Condemnation](https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/dilbert-17805004.php) (San Francisco Chronicle) [We Are Dropping The Dilbert Comic Strip Because Of Creator Scott Adams’ Racist Rant](https://www.cleveland.com/news/2023/02/we-are-dropping-the-dilbert-comic-strip-because-of-creator-scott-adams-racist-rant-letter-from-the-editor.html) (The Plain Dealer) [said](https://www.cleveland.com/news/2023/02/we-are-dropping-the-dilbert-comic-strip-because-of-creator-scott-adams-racist-rant-letter-from-the-editor.html) Friday that “reprehensible” comments by Adams—who [called](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6TnAn7qV1s&t=816s) Black Americans a “hate group” in a recent video—and a string of “mostly hateful and racist” statements caused the newspaper to cut the strip. [announcement](https://www.cleveland.com/news/2023/02/we-are-dropping-the-dilbert-comic-strip-because-of-creator-scott-adams-racist-rant-letter-from-the-editor.html) by the Cleveland newspaper, citing a recent “racist rant” by Scott Adams—who created the comic strip—while joining an effort by other newspapers to cut the strip after Adams made comments that have been widely criticized as racist.

Various media officials denounced the comments by the comic strip creator as racist, hateful and discriminatory.

We certainly do not want to provide them with financial support.” “This is a decision based on the principles of this news organization and the community we serve,” wrote Chris Quinn, editor of The Plain Dealer. Several prominent media publishers across the U.S.

Divers responsables des médias ont dénoncé les propos du créateur de Dilbert, Scott Adams, comme étant racistes, haineux et discriminatoires tout en affirmant ...

Adams a qualifié à plusieurs reprises les personnes noires de membres d’un « groupe haineux » ou d’un « groupe haineux raciste » et a déclaré qu’il n’« aiderait plus les Noirs américains ». Adams a fait référence à une enquête de Rasmussen Reports qui avait demandé si les gens étaient d’accord avec l’affirmation « C’est OK d’être blanc ». Le contrecoup a commencé à la suite d’un épisode la semaine dernière de l’émission YouTube « Real Coffee with Scott Adams ».

'Dilbert' has been dropped by a new wave of newspaper publishers over a rant that creator Scott Adams went on that was widely deemed as racist.

It might be the end of an era -- 'Dilbert' has been running in papers as a staple comic strip for years ... As hostile and antagonistic as that sounds, Adams insists he's tried being an ally to Black folks throughout his life ... which now says it's done with him and will no longer continue to print 'Dilbert' comics in any of its papers. [Don Lemon](https://www.tmz.com/people/don-lemon/), no less -- and ended with the cherry on top ... Scott Adams posted a new episode to his podcast Wednesday, where he discussed a poll he says was put out by Rasmussen ... SA launches into a tirade about how white people should simply stop trying to help African-Americans in this country, because it always backfires and only festers hate from Black people's side.

This is a decision based on the principles of this news organization and the community we serve,” wrote Plain Dealer editor Chris Quinn.

[The Los Angeles Times](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-02-25/los-angeles-times-ceases-publication-of-dilbert) cited Adams’ “racist comments” while announcing Saturday that Dilbert will be discontinued Monday in most editions and that its final run in the Sunday comics — which are printed in advance — will be March 12. “This is a decision based on the principles of this news organization and the community we serve,” wrote Chris Quinn, editor of The Plain Dealer. We certainly do not want to provide them with financial support.” [NJ Advance Media](https://www.nj.com/news/2023/02/were-no-longer-publishing-dilbert-heres-why-editors-note.html), wrote that the news organization believes in “the free and fair exchange of ideas.” Adams, who is white, repeatedly referred to people who are Black as members of a “hate group” or a “racist hate group” and said he would no longer “help Black Americans.” The creator of the Dilbert comic strip faced a backlash of cancellations Saturday while defending remarks describing people who are Black as members of “a hate group” from which white people should “get away.”

Adams called Black people "a hate group," and advised white people to "get the hell away from Black people" in a recent video blog.

[According to The Daily Beast](https://www.thedailybeast.com/dilbert-author-scott-adams-invokes-mike-pence-to-explain-racist-rant), Adams posted a video online today in which he declared himself, with more literalness than people bemoaning this term can usually cite, “cancelled.” (He also said, “If you’re making decisions for your own personal life, you can be as racist as you want,” which, y’know, sounds pretty bad out of context, but also, after watching the video, sounds terrible in context, so, there you go.) [watch the video yourself](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6TnAn7qV1s), if so inclined; we will note that he was apparently incensed by a poll in which a large percentage of Black people polled expressed unhappiness with the phrase [“It’s okay to be white,”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_okay_to_be_white) which has been adopted by various hate groups after originating as a 4chan trolling project a few years back. When it comes to the now-thriving market of Blowing Up Your Own Meal Ticket By Talking When Silence Would Have Not Only Sufficed, But Been Preferred, Dilbert creator Scott Adams has always been a visionary.

The cartoon "Dilbert" has been dropped from numerous U.S. newspapers in response to a racist rant by its creator on YouTube.

On his YouTube show last week, Scott Adams, the comic strip's creator, described people who are Black as members of “a hate group” from which white people ...

Adams claimed in June 2020 that the Dilbert television show was canceled because of his race, adding that it “was the third job I lost for being white.” He tweeted in January 2022 that he planned to “self-identify as a Black woman.” He has suggested Americans were brainwashed into supporting Ukraine. [The Los Angeles Times](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-02-25/los-angeles-times-ceases-publication-of-dilbert) cited Adams’ “racist comments” while announcing Saturday that Dilbert will be discontinued Monday in most editions and that its final run in the Sunday comics — which are printed in advance — will be March 12. Among other topics, Adams referenced a Rasmussen Reports survey that had asked whether people agreed with the statement “It’s OK to be white.” Every one of you should be open to making a racist personal career decision.” There’s no way you can come back from this.” Since then, he has identified himself with increasingly extremist viewpoints. “As with all race-baiting, his comments are profoundly disturbing and dangerous. You can’t come back from this, am I right? Adams, who is white, repeatedly referred to people who are Black as members of a “hate group” or a “racist hate group” and said he would no longer “help Black Americans.” “The views expressed by Scott Adams are unambiguously racist,” said Gabriel Escobar, editor and senior vice president of The Inquirer. The Inquirer and other newspapers said Saturday they had pulled Scott Adams’ Dilbert comic strip over the cartoonist’s remarks describing people who are Black as members of “a hate group” from which white people should “get away.” On his YouTube show last week, Scott Adams, the comic strip's creator, described people who are Black as members of “a hate group” from which white people should “get away.”

Scott Adams, le créateur de la BD satirique sur le monde de l'entreprise, a qualifié les Américains noirs de “groupe haineux” et conseillé aux blancs de les ...

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The comic strip's creator Scott Adams said white people should "get the hell away" from black people.

because there is no fixing this," he said. In a video on YouTube, Scott Adams, who is white, said black Americans were part of a "hate group" and that white people should "get the hell away" from them. Mr Adams said that those that disagreed were a "hate group".

The comic's creator, Scott Adams, said a recent opinion poll changed his mind about "helping Black Americans."

Nearly 18 minutes into his [YouTube show Saturday](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYXkMieE0CA), he predicted, "Most of my income will be gone by next week ... [ reacted](https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/1629476166561312769) to the new backlash on Twitter, saying he'd been cancelled. Quinn noted that the move was "apparently to poke fun at 'woke' culture and the LGBTQ community." [victim of racism in Hollywood](https://twitter.com/scottadamssays/status/1277411944459153408?lang=en) and corporate America. "It turns out that nearly half of that team doesn't think I'm okay to be white," he said, adding that he would re-identify as white. Adams said the results of the Rasmussen poll changed his mind. "I'm going to back off from being helpful to Black America because it doesn't seem like it pays off," he said. According to [Andrews McMeel Syndication](http://syndication.andrewsmcmeel.com/comics/dilbert/), "Dilbert" appeared in 2,000 newspapers in 65 countries and 25 languages. He was also a vocal [supporter of Donald Trump](https://www.wired.com/2019/11/geeks-guide-scott-adams/?fbclid=IwAR3ZuRWOCwU-eeMKgCFjt5GZtNRyFAHXMAxvUUhqVIZfmSbDktfHwVowKh0&mbid=social_facebook&utm_brand=wired&utm_medium=social&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=facebook). Then, 13 minutes into the video, Adams began his screed by citing the results of a The poll also found that 79% of all the respondents agreed with the statement "Black people can be racist too." The report found that 72% of the respondents agreed, including 53% who are Black.

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Scott Adams, who created the syndicated comic strip, also said that white people should “get the hell away from Black people,” prompting criticism from ...

“Scott Adams is not unique in his disgrace,” Mr. “His racism is not even unique among cartoonists.” “Very few readers noticed when we killed it, and we only had a handful of complaints.” Adams’s remarks showed a growing tolerance in the United States for racist behavior. And the editor of The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Chris Quinn, said that Mr. [released in a lawsuit](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/business/media/fox-dominion-lawsuit.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-media&variant=show®ion=MAIN_CONTENT_1&block=storyline_top_links_recirc)show how Fox News hosts went from privately criticizing election fraud claims in 2020 to giving them significant airtime. Adams went on a “racist rant” that had prompted the newspaper to also drop “Dilbert.” In that show on Saturday, he defended his remarks. [Darrin Bell, the first Black artist to win a Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning](https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/darrin-bell-freelancer), said that despite the cancellations of “Dilbert,” Mr. He also appeared to be reckoning with the rapid fallout, saying that “most of my income will be gone by next week” and that “my reputation for the rest of my life is destroyed.” He said that he was wrongly being canceled, that “you should absolutely be racist whenever it’s to your advantage” and that any change in society is a “racist change,” including changing the tax codes. edition or online, she said.