![]() ![]() We certainly do not want to provide them with financial support.” We are not a home for those who espouse racism. “No, this is a decision based on the principles of this news organization and the community we serve. “I hate to quote him at all, but I do so to dissuade responses that this is a ‘cancel culture’ decision. “It’s a staggering string of statements, all but certain to result in the loss of his livelihood,” the editor wrote. Launched in 1989, the Dilbert comic has achieved worlwide popularity and syndication across the country, but a number of large newspapers have dropped the strip in the wake of Mr Adams’ comments.Ĭleveland Plain Dealer editor Chris Quinn, in a letter to readers, described Adams’ online comments as “mostly hateful and racist” and said that it was “not a difficult decision” to drop the cartoon. And I would say, based on the current way things are going, the best advice I would give to white people is to get the hell away from Black people…because there is no fixing this.” “I don’t want to have anything to do with them. “If nearly half of all Blacks are not OK with white people…that’s a hate group,” the cartoonist said. In his video, the Dilbert cartoonist suggested white people should stay away from Black people, whom he called a “hate group.” Publications and publishers began cutting ties with Mr Adams after he reacted in an online video to a poll showing only a small majority of Black Americans agreed with the statement “It’s OK to be white.” The Independent has contacted Portfolio and Mr Adams’ reported literary agent for comment. Mr Adams, in his Twitter post, claimed further that the publisher had stated “no disagreement about my point of view.” Portfolio, a Penguin Random House imprint, had previous plans to publish Mr Adams’s forthcoming book Reframe Your Brain in September, before deciding otherwise, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. Marquee newspapers including the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and USA Today-affiliated publications decided to stop printing Dilbert after Mr Adams referred to Black people as a “hate group” in a recent online video. ![]() “My publisher for non-Dilbert books has canceled my upcoming book and the entire backlist,” Mr Adams wrote on Twitter on Monday. I'm advising people to avoid hate" and announced another episode of his show.Scott Adams, the creator of the popular Dilbert comics, said a publisher has “canceled” plans for releasing an upcoming book as well as a backlist of his titles, after Mr Adams made racist comments that led to a number of major US newspapers dropping his popular syndicated comic strip. Last year Adams introduced a black character for the first time in his strip's 33-year existence but the character was largely used to poke fun at 'woke' culture.Īs he wrote more and more anti-'woke' plot lines, Dilbert was dropped from 77 newspapers last September in a move Adams claimed was a part of a "larger overhaul" but he admitted it was "possible" the strip was pulled for other reasons.īut it's not the first time Adams has drew criticism, after the 2019 shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival he was accused of trying to profit by encouraging witnesses to sign up for an app he created.įollowing the backlash to his latest rant, Adams took to his Twitter to defend his position saying "has anyone checked the price of free speech lately? It's worse than eggs." He has engaged with the far-right and peddled debunked Covid-19 cures and claimed that if Joe Biden won the election, which he did, that Republicans would be "dead within a year". Since comparing former American President Donald Trump, to Jesus back in 2015, Adams has adopted more and more radical positions. ![]() Avoid any group that doesn’t respect you,” the tweet continued. Treat everyone as an individual (no discrimination). The editor took to Twitter to defend his newspaper's decision to axe the cartoon, writing: "A lot of people are angry at me today but I haven’t yet heard anyone disagree. They confirmed the comic-strip would not appear in their publications. The Cleveland Plain Dealer, which is owned by Advance Local, have newspapers in Staten Island, New Jersey, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Oregon and Alabama. The editor said the decision to cancel their ties with the "Dilbert" creator was “a decision based on the principles of this news organisation and the community we serve.” Throughout the vile rant, he reiterated his belief that white Americans needed to "escape" and said he had already done so by moving to an area with a "very low Black population". San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images) ![]()
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