Elon Musk has voiced his support for the creator of the ‘Dilbert’ comic strip, Scott Adams, who made a racist tirade in which he urged his followers to stay away from black people.
Following the controversy, newspapers announced they were dropping the series. However, the billionaire CEO of Twitter appeared to back Adams, claiming that the media is racist against white people and Asians.
Gannett, the largest newspaper publisher in the US, announced that it would stop publishing the ‘Dilbert’ comic following Adams’ remarks. The comic, which pokes fun at office culture, had already been dropped by 77 newspapers due to increasingly controversial plotlines.
Adams’ satirical strips feature in newspapers across 57 countries, and in 19 languages. There are over 20 million Dilbert books and calendars in print. Adams has amassed a $70 million fortune from the series since its creation in 1989.
His hour-long YouTube video, which had 242,000 views as of Sunday, received criticism from many. In the video, Adams made a series of controversial remarks, such as labeling black people a “hate group” and advising white people to “get the hell away from black people.” He went further to urge “everyone” to embrace racism in the workplace.
A Gannett spokesman said that while the company “respects and encourages free speech,” Adams’ comments did not align with its “editorial of business values as an organization.”
Adams doubled down on his comments on Sunday as he claimed bigotry was okay in certain situations. He likened his comments to the former Vice President Mike Pence’s personal policy, where he said he never dines alone with a woman other than his wife. Many slammed Pence’s remarks as sexist but Adams interpreted it as a way for a man to keep themselves safe from false accusations of sexual misconduct.
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