Scott Adams

Andrews McMeel Universal, the company that syndicates "Dilbert," said it is cutting ties with the comic strip's creator, Scott Adams, after his racist ...

“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, just get the f**k away … The USA Today Network, which operates hundreds of newspapers, said it had pulled the plug on the long-running comic strip. [shocking rant on YouTube](http://www.cnn.com/2023/02/27/business/elon-musk-scott-adams-defense/index.html), calling Black Americans a “hate group” and suggesting that White people should “get the hell away” from them.

“If nearly half of all Blacks are not okay with White people … that's a hate group,” Adams said, citing polling from Rasmussen Reports. “I don't want to have ...

It’s not a comment about whether lives matter; it’s a rebuttal to the activist phrase “Black lives matter.” It’s not about all lives, it’s about the Black Lives Matter movement. Adams, like many on the right, was happy to seize upon this “data point” as validating his assumptions about race in general and Black people specifically. Outside of the echo chamber, the view is different. “And then stage 2 of the judo flip — which is the real point of the whole maneuver — is that when someone who understands what’s going on takes exception, the troll gets to gasp in horror to anyone who doesn’t get what’s up ‘Oh, so you think it’s NOT OK to be white?’ ” Rasmussen should also, therefore, recognize that its presentation of the question and the responses strains a generous assumption of good faith. Polling has [shown](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/06/overlap-race-party-police/?itid=lk_inline_manual_20) that Republicans consistently express the belief that White Americans are as likely to face discrimination as other racial groups, if not more. [concerned](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/08/12/how-to-understand-trumps-condemnation-of-all-types-of-racism/?itid=lk_inline_manual_20) about the status of White Americans. Only 26 percent say that they “disagree,” according to the tweet. In the wake of the 2020 By offering evidence that the political right is correct and the political left toxic and deluded, you can generate attention capital, one of the most important currencies in right-wing politics. Adams enjoys presenting himself as smarter and more clever than everyone else, leading him to couch controversial statements with belated winks in the manner of Twitter owner Elon Musk (who rushed to support Adams in the wake of the new controversy). Often, the controversy fails to materialize or, at least, to reach the scale that Adams achieved over the past week.

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

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.

Elon Musk called the media racist after a cartoonist he regularly engages with on Twitter faced blowback for encouraging White Americans to avoid 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.

The backlash began following an episode of the YouTube show called “Real Coffee with Scott Adams.”

We certainly do not want to provide them with financial support.” ”We are not a home for those who espouse racism. 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.”

“Dilbert” comic strip creator Scott Adams faced a backlash of cancellations Saturday as he defended remarks he made describing people who are Black as ...

[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” in 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. [Prayers up with election countdown: Chicago mayoral candidates canvass churches in final push — and warn of ‘false prophets’](https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2023/2/26/23614822/chicago-mayor-campaign-lightfoot-vallas-garcia-johnson-runoff-election) [Family pleads for answers about Chicago mother who went missing two years ago. “The Chicago Tribune is dropping the comic strip ‘Dilbert’ due to racist remarks from creator Scott Adams,” the Tribune said in a story posted Saturday. We certainly do not want to provide them with financial support.” Adams 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.” “Dilbert” comic strip creator Scott Adams faced a backlash of cancellations Saturday as he defended remarks he made describing people who are Black as members of “a racist hate group” from which white people should “get away.”

Artist previously said that supporting Donald Trump has reduced his income by about 40 per cent and his amount of friends by 75 per cent.

He advised his white fans to “get the f*** away from them as fast as possible”, and made many other racist comments. We certainly do not want to provide them with financial support.” In September 2022, Dilbert was pulled from 77 newspapers after Adams started to incorporate “anti-woke plotlines”, including one about a Black character who identifies as white. That same year, he predicted that if Biden were to win the 2020 presidential election, then Republicans would be “hunted”. “No, this is a decision based on the principles of this news organization and the community we serve. The show earned an Emmy in 1999.

Several news organizations, including the USA TODAY Network, dropped the Dilbert comic after creator Scott Adams made racist comments.

[said Sunday](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/26/us/dilbert-newspapers-racism.html)it would no longer be publishing the comic strip. Chris Quinn, editor of The Plain Dealer, said it was "not a difficult decision" as the outlet is "not a home for those who espouse racism. A spokesperson said it was too late to stop the strip from running in upcoming print editions, including Sunday. " [said Saturday](https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/02/25/scott-adams-dilbert-canceled/)it had “ceased publication" of Dilbert. For better and worse.](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2023/02/26/chatgpt-medical-care-doctors/11253952002/)

Portfolio, the business imprint of the world's largest book publisher Penguin Random House, will not publish Scott Adams' book "Reframe Your Brain", ...

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The Tesla and Twitter chief blasted media outlets for dropping Scott Adams' cartoon following Adams' racist rant against Black people.

it has been adopted by leaders on the right as a pejorative, [akin to “politically correct,”](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/18/woke-cancel-desantis-academics/?itid=lk_inline_manual_32) suggesting oversensitivity to racism, sexism, transphobia and other forms of bigotry. [originated among Black activists](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/02/black-history-woke-appropriation-misuse/?itid=lk_inline_manual_32) to mean awareness of, and vigilance against, the White racism that they believed pervades American society. He said in a phone interview Sunday that he thinks Musk “was lying all the way through the meeting.” His first days as owner saw a [spike in virulently racist slurs](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/10/28/musk-twitter-racist-posts/?itid=lk_inline_manual_21) on Twitter, after which Musk met with leaders of civil rights groups in a bid to assuage their concerns. “And we will continue to let the public understand and know about that choice.” Robinson reiterated his call for advertisers to pull their spending from the company in light of Musk’s latest remarks. Asked about his remarks and the cancellation of his comic strip, Adams told The Post in a text message: “Lots of people are angry, but I haven’t seen any disagreement yet, at least not from anyone who saw the context. Representatives from civil rights groups would be included on a content moderation council that he would form to advise Twitter on its policies, he added. [ dropped Adams’s “Dilbert” strip](https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/02/25/scott-adams-dilbert-canceled/?itid=lk_inline_manual_12) in recent days in the wake of an episode of his YouTube show that aired Wednesday. 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 … Another 21 percent of Black respondents said they were “not sure” about the statement. Musk’s views on race have been the subject of scrutiny both at Twitter, where he has

Scott Adams, 65, claimed CNN host Don Lemon shares his views on black people, sharing a 2013 clip of Lemon offering tips to the black community, ...

It was published in newspapers around the country, many of which have since dropped the comic due to Adams' remarks So that's what I did, I went to a neighborhood where I have a very low black population.' Does anyone think that is bad advice?' Avoid any group that doesn't respect you. Every single day I see adults and children dropping trash on the ground when a garbage can is just feet away.' Stop telling kids they're "acting white" because they go to school or they're speaking proper English.' You just have to escape. 'I've lived in several predominantly white neighborhoods in my life — I rarely witnessed people littering,' Lemon claimed. 'And then it evolved into which role a prisoner would have during male-on-male sex,' said Lemon, who is openly gay. Lemon then went on to advise members of the black community not to use the N-word when talking to each other, and to pick up the trash in their neighborhood. He claimed on Sunday that he was making the same points Don Lemon made in a 2013 clip, in which he advised the black community to pick up their pants and stop littering [come under fire for a video](/news/article-11793295/Newspaper-comic-strip-Dilbert-canceled-creators-racist-tirade.html)in which he labeled black people a 'hate group' and advised white people to 'get the f**k' away from them

Adams said he's likely lost 80% of his comic strip income as major newspapers drop his three-decade-old cartoon.

On Sunday, Adams said he had expected a negative response to his comments. "Recent comments by Scott Adams regarding race and race relations do not align with our core values as a company." "The 20% that are the important ones are the urban big city newspapers — they are the ones that are going to cancel first, and they have. In making the announcements to cut ties with Adams, many publishers said they didn't want to support his views on race. The marketplace did," tweeted Mark Jacob, a former editor at the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times. Dilbert comic strip creator Scott Adams built a career based on his pointed and humorous views on the workplace.

For centuries, we've been assisting African Americans, Native Americans, Vietnamese people, and Iraqis and have never been thanked once.

[argued](https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/speech-on-abolition-petitions/), was a “positive good” for enslaved people and demonstrated the lengths slave owners would go to in their efforts to help others. for elevating, to a condition of humanity, a people otherwise barbarous, easily depraved, and needing the help of a superior condition.” That brings us up to today and the genuine distress of Scott Adams. It’s no wonder that he’s tired of not getting the least bit of thanks. … Papers obsess on the subject of brutal treatment of innocent Iraqis by American soldiers.” For Lott’s part, by this time, he was musing that “if we have to, we just mow the whole place down, see what happens.” In 1966, the editor of U.S. In a speech just before the U.S. “And this is the recompense I get, you ungrateful girl!” “The policy of the general government toward the red man,” said Jackson, “is not only liberal, but generous.” One well-known elucidation of this concept was written before the Civil War by William Gilmore Simms, a popular novelist and member of the South Carolina House of Representatives. And I thought, if you help the Black community, that’s sort of the biggest lever, you can find the biggest benefit. So much so that I started identifying as Black, just to be on the team I was helping.

Adams called Black Americans a hate group because some disagree with the phrase “It's OK to be white” — a slogan that has been adopted by white ...

“This is a decision based on the principles of this news organization and the community we serve,” Chris Quinn wrote. We certainly do not want to provide them with financial support.” According to the [Anti-Defamation League](https://www.adl.org/resources/hate-symbol/its-okay-be-white), the phrase was popularized in 2017 as a trolling campaign on the 4chan message board, then adopted by white supremacists. and I don’t want to have anything to do with them,” Adams It doesn't make sense; it's no longer a rational impulse,” Adams said. [according to its distributor](http://syndication.andrewsmcmeel.com/comics/dilbert), has appeared in more than 2,000 newspapers in 65 countries, in recent years, Adams has become known for his far-right fanbase.

Scott Adams, the cartoonist behind the comic, earlier made comments on his YouTube show "Real Coffee with Scott Adams", suggesting that Black Americans are a " ...