”I don’t want to have anything to do with them,” Adams added. “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 … because there is no fixing this.” – Scott Adams
His cancellation was due to his racist rant where the cartoonist called Black Americans a “hate group” and told white people to “get the fu@k away” from Black people documented in a YouTube Video. The following is what he said and the immediate response posted by concerned African Americans. The 69 year old Adams began his comic strip in 1989 and happens to be popular world wide. In the past he’s expressed admiration for former President Trump. His views were express on his You Tube channel called, Coffee with Scott Adams. The Cleveland Plain Dealer Editor, Chris Quinn issued letter to readers describing Adams comments as, “mostly hateful and racists”. Declaring, that dropping the long running comic strip was, “not a difficult decision” .
Newspapers includes Advance Media publications in Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Alabama, Massachusetts, Oregon, and many more have pulled the controversial comic off their media properties. In Texas, editor and publisher of the Express-News characterized the comments as, “hateful and discriminatory public comments” they continued, “Dropping a comic strip from our pages is not censorship. Adams is entitled to his opinions. The Express-News is not obliged to give him a platform and financial support.” According to published reports “Dilbert had been cancelled by 77 newspapers in September by publisher, Lee Enterprises”. This controversy has Syracuse, NY connections as Advance Local includes; The Post Standard and Syracuse.com.
Warning: This Video contains verbiage that some may find offensive.
