All American publishers have dropped the long-running Dilbert cartoon after its creator, Scott Adams, became embroiled in a race.
Adams faced backlash after a video appeared online describing black people as members of “a hate group” and saying white people should “get the hell out of them.”
Dilbert is a long-running comic that pokes fun at workplace culture and often appears in American newspapers.
News organizations, including the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times, have announced that they will no longer publish the comic in response to the comments.
The USA Today Network tweeted that it will also stop publishing Dilbert “due to recent discriminatory comments by the creator.”
The backlash began after Adams made the controversial remarks on an episode of his YouTube show “Real Coffee With Scott Adams” this week.
During the show, Adams referenced a Rasmussen Reports survey that asked if people agreed with the statement “It’s okay to be white”.
Most agreed, but Adams noted that 26 percent of black respondents disagreed, while others weren’t sure.
Adams, who is white, repeatedly referred to people who are black as members of a “hate group” or a “racist hate group” and said he would no longer “help black Americans.”
“Based on the current state of affairs, the best advice I would give white people is to get the hell away from black people,” Adams said on his show on Wednesday.
On another episode of his online show, Adams said he pointed out that “everyone should be treated as an individual” without discrimination.
“But you also have to avoid any group that disrespects you, even if there are people in the group who are doing well,” Adams said.