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The distributor of the comic strip “Dilbert” has severed its relationship with creator Scott Adams, saying the cartoonist's comments about race “do not ...

However, in the case with Adams, our vision and principles are not compatible,” the two AMU leaders said. [See all Hill.TV](https://thehill.com/hilltv) [See all Video](https://thehill.com/video) [Campaign](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/) [News](https://thehill.com/homenews/) [Administration](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/) [Senate](https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/) [See All](https://thehill.com) Recent comments by Scott Adams regarding race and race relations do not align with our core values as a company,” said AMU Chairman Hugh Andrews and the company’s CEO and president, Andy Sareyan. [posting a Twitter poll](https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/1630200373494558722?s=20) asking users: “Are you considering canceling your newspaper subscription (if you have one) because Dilbert got canceled?” [Andrews McMeel Universal](https://thehill.com/tag/andrews-mcmeel-universal/) [comic strip](https://thehill.com/tag/comic-strip/) [Dilbert](https://thehill.com/tag/dilbert/) [Scott Adams](https://thehill.com/tag/scott-adams/) [Blog Briefing Room](https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/) [Blog Briefing Room](https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/) [Blog Briefing Room](https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/) [Blog Briefing Room](https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/) [See All](https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/) “As a media and communications company, AMU values free speech. [USA Today Network](https://twitter.com/USATODAY_PR/status/1629250832322514945?s=20) and [The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/02/25/scott-adams-dilbert-canceled/) to drop the comic.

The company that distributes the 'Dilbert' comic strip says it will no longer work with cartoonist Scott Adams because of his racist comments.

“We are proud to promote and share many different voices and perspectives. edition or online. denounced the comments as racist, hateful and discriminatory while saying they would no longer provide a platform for his work. [“Dilbert” would be discontinued Monday](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-02-25/los-angeles-times-ceases-publication-of-dilbert) in most editions and that its final run in the Sunday comics — which are printed in advance — would be March 12. Andrews McMeel is based in Kansas City, Mo. Adams, who is white, repeatedly referred to Black people as members of a “hate group” or a “racist hate group” and said he would no longer “help Black Americans.”

Scott Adams' racist rant has resulted in the "Dilbert" cartoonist losing his deal with syndication partner Andrews McMeel Universal.

[dozens of newspapers said they were suspending publication of “Dilbert”](https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/dilbert-canceled-newspapers-scott-adams-racist-1235535643/) because of Adams’s anti-Black tirade last week, including [the Washington Post, the L.A. So I’m going to back off on being helpful to Black America because it doesn’t seem like it pays off.” “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. On the Feb. Recent comments by Scott Adams regarding race and race relations do not align with our core values as a company.” “As a media and communications company, AMU values free speech,” the statement from chairman Hugh Andrews and president/CEO Andy Sareyan said.

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 distributor of the “Dilbert” comic strip says it will sever ties with creator Scott Adams over his recent racist comments. Andrews McMeel Universal said ...

Readers of The Sun Chronicle in Attleboro, Massachusetts, found a blank space in Monday’s edition where “Dilbert” would normally run. 22 episode of his YouTube show, Adams described people who are Black as members of “a hate group” from which white people should “get away.” Various media publishers across the U.S. Adams’ fate was effectively sealed Sunday evening when “Dilbert” distributor Andrews McMeel Universal said it was severing ties to the cartoonist.

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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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.

Andrews McMeel Universal, which also operates the GoComics website, announced Sunday it would it would no longer work with the cartoonist.

22 episode of his YouTube show, Adams described people who are Black as members of “a hate group” from which white people should “get away.” Various media publishers across the U.S. The Anti-Defamation League says the phrase at the center of the question was popularized as a trolling campaign by members of 4chan — an anonymous and notorious message board — and began being used by some white supremacists. Rasmussen Reports is a conservative polling firm has used its Twitter account to endorse false and misleading claims about COVID-19 vaccines, elections and the Jan. But we will never support any commentary rooted in discrimination or hate,” the statement jointly signed by the chair and CEO said. During the Feb. [The Oregonian](https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2023/02/letter-from-the-editor-why-we-are-no-longer-running-the-comic-strip-dilbert.html) and other Advance Local newspapers and websites dropped the strip last 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.

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.

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/)

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

Twitter and Tesla CEO Elon Musk this weekend defended Dilbert comic strip creator Scott Adams, who was widely criticized for a racist tirade on YouTube.

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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 " ...

Andrews McMeel Chairman Hugh Andrews and CEO and President Andy Sareyan said in a joint statement that the syndication company was "severing our relationship" ...

[The San Antonio Express-News](https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/dilbert-creator-scott-adams-comments-17805449.php), which is part of Hearst Newspapers, said Saturday it will drop the Dilbert comic strip, effective Monday, "because of hateful and discriminatory public comments by its creator." [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. [The Plain Dealer in Cleveland](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) and other publications that are part of media company Advance Local also announced they are dropping Dilbert. [The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/02/25/scott-adams-dilbert-canceled/) said it would stop publishing Dilbert in light of "Scott Adams's recent statements promoting segregation," although the strip could not be prevented from running in some forthcoming print editions. [The USA Today Network](https://twitter.com/USATODAY_PR/status/1629250832322514945?s=20) tweeted Friday that it will stop publishing Dilbert "due to recent discriminatory comments by its creator." We certainly do not want to provide them with financial support." [The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/26/us/dilbert-newspapers-racism.html) who said Dilbert was published in the international print edition but not in the U.S. The backlash against Adams arose following comments on "Real Coffee with Scott Adams." [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." "We are proud to promote and share many different voices and perspectives. In the Feb. Various media publishers across the U.S.

Scott Adams, creator of the once-popular Dilbert comic strip, built his fanbase by mocking the petty tyranny of self-righteous hypocrites in the target-rich ...

His defense for these kinds of views is that he is “only asking questions,” following the facts and logic to their inevitable conclusions, even if that leads, regrettably, to some dark places. But if Adams is entitled to his opinions, so are his readers and business partners. Adams successfully turned this kind of contrarian populism into a brand that extended beyond the comic strip to merchandise, self-help and business books, and a lucrative speaking career. And it was certainly a curious choice on the part of Rasmussen, a data collection outfit closely aligned with right wing causes and promoter of conservative media narratives, to poll on this question in the first place. Adams apparently expects people to believe that his advice comes not from a place of personal racism, but as a logical reaction to the expressed sentiments in that poll. 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 …

The distributor of the “Dilbert” comic strip says it will sever ties with creator Scott Adams over his recent racist comments. Andrews McMeel Universal said ...

Why did Scott Adams go on the racist rant and what has the fallout been so far? What is the history of the phrase 'It's OK to be White'?

“If you were a witness to the #GilroyGarlicFestivalshooting please sign on to Interface by WhenHub (free app) and you can set your price to take calls. “It’s OK to be White” as a slogan has been used by White supremacists. Originators assumed that “liberals” would react negatively to such fliers and condemn them or take them down, thus “proving” that liberals did not even think it was “okay” to be white,” ADL’s website says. Last year, as reported by The Guardian, he introduced a Black character to Dilbert. In January 2022, he tweeted, “I’m going to self-identify as a Black woman until Biden picks his Supreme Court nominee. “It turns out that nearly half of that team doesn’t think I’m okay to be White,” Adams said, as reported by NPR. That was the third job I lost for being white. The original idea behind the campaign was to choose an ostensibly innocuous and inoffensive slogan, put that slogan on fliers bereft of any other words or imagery, then place the fliers in public locations. “I’m going to back off from being helpful to Black America because it doesn’t seem like it pays off. “I’m not saying start a war or do anything bad,” he further said. On February 22, on his YouTube livestream show ‘Real Coffee with Scott Adams’, the 65-year-old cartoonist talked about an opinion poll by a conservative firm called Rasmussen Reports. Why did Adams go on the racist rant and what has the fallout been so far?