Key takeaways:
- Andrews McMeel Universal, the syndication company that distributes Dilbert, announced it was severing its relationship with Scott Adams due to his comments about race.
- Various media publishers across the U.S. denounced Adams’ comments as racist, hateful and discriminatory.
- Adams has since apologized for his comments and said he is “working to make amends” and “will continue to do so.”
Scott Adams, creator of the popular Dilbert comic strip, has experienced the biggest repercussion of his recent comments about race. On Sunday, Andrews McMeel Universal, the syndication company that distributes Dilbert, announced it was severing its relationship with Adams.
The comments in question were made on Adams’ YouTube show on February 22nd, in which he described people who are Black as members of “a hate group” from which white people should “get away.”
In response to Adams’ comments, various media publishers across the U.S. denounced them as racist, hateful and discriminatory, and said they would no longer provide a platform for his work. Andrews McMeel Chairman Hugh Andrews and CEO and President Andy Sareyan released a joint statement saying that the syndication company was “severing our relationship” with Adams.
Adams has since apologized for his comments, saying that he was “trying to make a point about racism in general,” but that he “failed miserably.” He has also said that he is “working to make amends” and “will continue to do so.”
The repercussions of Adams’ comments have been far-reaching, and it remains to be seen how this will affect the future of the Dilbert comic strip.
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