Newspapers dropped the Dilbert comic after a racist tirade by its creator.

Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and other newspapers across the country say they will no longer publish the syndicated Dilbert comic after cartoonist Scott Adams urged white people to “get the hell out of black people.” He delivered his racist advice during his online video program last week, during which he called blacks a “hate group”.

Adams opens the episode by discussing Republican multimillionaire entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy’s presidential candidacy. Then, at 13 minutes into the video, Adams began his speech, citing the results of a recent opinion poll by the conservative Rasmussen Reports.

By phone and online, the group polled 1,000 American adults with this question: “Do you agree or disagree with this statement: ‘It’s okay to be white’?”

The report showed that 72% of respondents agreed, including 53% of blacks. About 26% of black respondents disagreed, and 21% said they were “not sure”. The poll also showed that 79% of all respondents agreed with the statement “Blacks can be racist too”.

The statement “It’s okay to be white” was repeated on right-wing sites and in speeches. The Anti-Defamation League denounced it as a hate chant.

On my YouTube live streaming program Real coffee with Scott AdamsThe cartoonist said the results of this poll demonstrate that racial tensions in the country “can’t be fixed”.

Adams previously claimed that he victim of racism in Hollywood and corporate America. He has also been a vocal supporter of Donald Trump. For three decades, he ran Dilbert, a comic that satirized office culture. According to the Andrews McMeel syndicate, “Dilbert” appeared in 2,000 newspapers in 65 countries and 25 languages.

Adams made the news for other controversial claims, including questioning the accuracy of the Holocaust death toll.

On his video show last week, the 65-year-old said he identifies as black “because I love being on a winning team” and that he used to help the black community. Adams said the Rasmussen poll results changed his mind.

“It turns out almost half of this team doesn’t think I can be white,” he said, adding that he identifies as white again. “I’m going to turn down aid to black America because it doesn’t look like it’s paying off,” he said. “They call me a racist. This is the only outcome. There is no point in helping black Americans if you are white. Everything is over. Don’t even think it’s worth trying.”

“I am not saying to start a war or do something bad,” he added. “Nothing like this.
I just say leave. Just leave.

Editor Chris Quinn cleveland.com/regular dealer Cleveland called Adam’s video message “hateful and racist.”

“We are not a home for those who support racism,” Quinn wrote. Adams’ reprehensible statements were made during Black History Month when regular dealer publishes stories of the work done by many to overcome the damage caused by racist decisions and policies.”

In a letter to the editor, OregonianTeresa Bottomley wrote, “Some readers will no doubt ridicule my decision as an example of an ‘over-awakened’ culture, or as a reflex politically correct response. And what about freedom of speech, they might ask. Isn’t that censorship? No. one of them strips Adams of his right to free speech. He is free to share his disgusting comments on YouTube and Twitter as long as those companies allow it. This is not censorship either, this is editing. Editors make decisions every day about what to publish, balancing the need to inform with the ability to offend the reader’s feelings.”

This isn’t the first time the Adams streak has been reset. Last year, Chronicle of San Francisco and 76 other newspapers published by Lee Enterprises reportedly dropped “Dilbert” after Adams introduced his first black character. Quinn noted that the move was “obviously to make fun of waking culture and the LGBT community.”

Quinn said other Advance Local newspapers — in Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Oregon — have made the same decision to shut down the strip.

Adams reacted to a new backlash on Twitter saying it has been cancelled. Nearly 18 minutes later on his Saturday YouTube show, he predicted, “Most of my income will be gone next week… My reputation is ruined for the rest of my life. You can’t come back after that, am I right? “