Scott Adams referred to black people as members of a “racist hate group” and exhorted white people to “get the hell away from black people.”
Several US media sources have removed the Dilbert comic strip after its creator called black people a “racist hate group.”
Several media representatives condemned the remarks made by author Scott Adams as bigoted, discriminatory, and hateful.
The long-running comic strip Dilbert makes light of office culture.
The term “ecosystem” refers to a group of individuals who work in the construction industry.
Most concurred, but Mr. Adams noted that 26% of black respondents disagreed and others were unsure.
According to the Anti-Defamation League, members of the 4chan message board popularised the phrase in 2017 as part of a hoax campaign. But white supremacists have since adopted it.
Mr. Adams, who is white, repeatedly referred to persons of African descent as members of a “hate group” or a “racist hate group” and stated that he would no longer “help black Americans.”
He urged white people to “stay far away from black people.”
The reaction
The Dilbert comic strip will no longer be published as of Monday, according to the San Antonio Express-News, a publication owned by Hearst News Papers, “because of bigoted and discriminatory public comments by its creator.”
The USA Today Network tweeted that it will stop publishing Dilbert “due to recent discriminatory remarks made by its creator.”
The Plain Dealer in Cleveland and other Advance Local media publications have also declared that they will stop publishing Dilbert.
Chris Quinn, the editor of The Plain Dealer, wrote, “This is a decision based on the principles of this news organization and the community we serve.
“Racists have no place here. We have no intention of providing financial assistance to them.”
Christopher Kelly, vice president of content at NJ Advance Media, wrote that while the news organization supports “the free and equitable exchange of ideas,” “a line must be drawn when those ideas cross into hate speech.”
