Dilbert comic strip dropped by US media over creator's racist tirade

Many US newspapers including the Washington Post person dropped the long-running Dilbert cartoon portion aft its creator made racist comments.

In a video connected YouTube, Scott Adams, who is white, said achromatic Americans were portion of a "hate group" and that achromatic radical should "get the hellhole away" from them.

Mr Adams, 65, aboriginal acknowledged that his vocation was destroyed.

He said astir of his income would beryllium gone by adjacent week.

Dilbert has been a mainstay of the comic pages of America's newspapers, and features a put-upon bureau idiosyncratic and a talking dog, who unneurotic instrumentality purpose astatine the fads of firm culture.

Among those media outlets that person dropped the Dilbert cartoon portion are the USA Today network, which operates dozens of newspapers, and the Los Angeles Times.

The Washington Post said Mr Adams' remarks promoted segregation.

His comments were made successful effect to a survey successful which radical were asked to hold oregon disagree with the phrase: "It's OK to beryllium white."

The operation is believed to person emerged successful 2017 arsenic a trolling run and has since been utilized by achromatic supremacists.

According to the poll, 53% of achromatic respondents agreed with the statement, but 26% disagreed and others were not sure.

Mr Adams said that those that disagreed were a "hate group".

"I would say, based connected the existent mode things are going, the champion proposal I would springiness to achromatic radical is to get the hellhole distant from achromatic people… due to the fact that determination is nary fixing this," helium said.

Darrin Bell, a Pulitzer Prize-winning Black cartoonist, described Mr Adams arsenic a disgrace.

Dilbert - which is written and illustrated by Mr Adams - was archetypal published successful 1989.