{"id":557046,"date":"2023-02-27T00:29:25","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T21:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/dilbert-cartoonist-defends-racist-rant-after-backlash-2\/"},"modified":"2023-02-27T00:29:25","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T21:29:25","slug":"dilbert-cartoonist-defends-racist-rant-after-backlash-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dilbert-cartoonist-defends-racist-rant-after-backlash-2\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;Dilbert&#8217; cartoonist defends racist rant after backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2840fa47601\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2840fa47601\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dilbert-cartoonist-defends-racist-rant-after-backlash-2\/#%E2%80%98Dilbert_cartoonist_defends_racist_rant_after_backlash\" >&#8216;Dilbert&#8217; cartoonist defends racist rant after backlash<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Dilbert_cartoonist_defends_racist_rant_after_backlash\"><\/span>&#8216;Dilbert&#8217; cartoonist defends racist rant after backlash<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>By Sharon Bernstein<\/p>\n<p>(Reuters) &#8211; The cartoon &#8220;Dilbert&#8221; has been dropped from numerous U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>papers in response to a racist rant by its creator on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Scott Adams called Black Americans a &#8220;hate group&#8221; and suggested white Americans &#8220;get the hell away from Black people&#8221; in response to a conservative organization&#8217;s poll purporting to show that many African Americans do not think it&#8217;s OK to be white.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If nearly half of all Blacks are not OK with white people &#8230; that&#8217;s a hate group,&#8221; Adams said on his YouTube channel on Wednesday. &#8220;And I don&#8217;t want to have anything to do with them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The comments ignited a furor on social media, along with calls for the conservative cartoonist&#8217;s work to be dropped from publishers&#8217; rosters.<\/p>\n<p>His once-popular comic s<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>, which lampoons corporate culture and was launched in 1989, will no longer be carried by the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, the USA Today-affiliated group of newspapers and others, the newspapers announced in statements on Friday and Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is not a difficult decision,&#8221; Chris Quinn, editor of the Plain Dealer in Cleveland said in a letter to readers posted on Friday. &#8220;We are not a home for those who espouse racism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Times on Saturday said it too would drop the strip.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cartoonist Scott Adams made racist comments in a YouTube livestream Feb. 22, offensive remarks that The Times rejects,&#8221; the newspaper said on its website.<\/p>\n<p>The Times said it had removed four Dilbert cartoons from its pages in recent months because they violated the newspaper&#8217;s standards.<\/p>\n<p>Adams could not immediately be reached for comment by Reuters on Saturday. But on his YouTube channel, he confirmed his comic was being dropped &#8211; and said he had expected that to h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By Monday, I should be mostly canceled. So most of my income will be gone by next week,&#8221; he said. &#8220;My reputation for the rest of my life is destroyed. You can&#8217;t come back from this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Adams&#8217; initial remarks came in response to a conservative Rasmussen Poll that appeared to show that 26% of Black respondents said they disagreed with the statement &#8220;It&#8217;s okay to be white.&#8221; Another 21% said they were not sure.<\/p>\n<p>However, Rasmussen also said the online and phone survey last week of 1,000 likely U.S. voters showed that 72% of Americans overall agree it&#8217;s OK to be white, compared with 12% who disagree.<\/p>\n<p>Adams said in his Wednesday rant that he had moved to a different location to get away from Black people, and urged other whites to do the same.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not saying start a war or anything like that,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;m just saying get away.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Sharon Bernstein; editing by Jonathan Oatis)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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