Scott Adams, who has become famous thanks to his satirical comic strip on the world of work, made remarks judged segregationists in a YouTube video on Wednesday.
MO12345LEMONDE with AFP
The consequences were not long in coming for Scott Adams. Many American newspapers have decided to stop their collaboration with the creator of the famous comic strip Dilbert after the publication, Wednesday, February 22, as a video where the interested party describes the black population of “hate group”.
Scott Adams became famous in the 1990s with his BD Dilbert, a very acidic chronicle of the world of work. His comments on corporate subjects are increasingly arouse criticism.
In his program on youtube , he spoke on Wednesday a recent survey carried out by Rasmussen Reports showing that a short majority of black people questioned said they agreed that “it’s ok to be white”. “It’s a group of hatred and I don’t want to have anything to do with it,” he said, being incredulous with regard to the title of the survey in question. “If half of the blacks, according to this survey, believe that it is not ok to be white, then it is a hate group,” justifies the author. “Given the way things are happening, the best advice I could give to the whites is to file the camp far from blacks,” he adds.
m. Adams explains that so far he was helping the black American community financially, and that he identified himself as black himself, wanting to be part of the “winning team” and the team he supported. “But it turns out that almost half of this team does not think it’s ok for me to be white,” he continues. “I identify myself again as white, because I do not want to be a member of a hate group”, concluded the satirist.
declarations “promoting segregation”
The USA Today Network network, which manages hundreds of newspapers throughout the American territory, announced on Friday that it “no longer publishes [has] comics Dilbert because of the recent discriminatory comments of its creator”.
Chris Quinn, the editor -in -chief of the daily Cleveland (Ohio) The Plain Dealer, said on Friday that he “was not difficult” for his journal to decide the abandonment of the publication of the comics. “We do not welcome those who advocate racism,” he added.
The Washington Post announced on Saturday that comics would no longer appear in its pages, even if it was too late to prevent the publication in its weekend editions. “In the light of recent statements by Scott Adams promoting segregation, The Washington Post has ceased the publication of Dilbert comics,” said a spokesperson for the newspaper.