The Dilbert distributor has cut ties with the comic strip's creator over his remarks about race, saying, 'We will never support any commentary rooted in discrimination or hate.'
when distributor Andrews McMeel Universal announced Sunday it would no longer work with the cartoonist.
Andrews and Sareyan said Andrews McMeel supports free speech but the comments by the cartoonist weren't compatible with the core values of the company based, which is based in Kansas City, Missouri. The backlash against Adams arose following comments on"Real Coffee with Scott Adams." Among other topics, Adams used the YouTube show to reference a Rasmussen Reports survey that had asked whether people agreed with the statement"It's OK to be white."The Anti-Defamation League says the phrase was popularized in 2017 as a trolling campaign by members of the discussion forum 4chan but then began being used by some white supremacists.
In another episode of his online show Saturday, Adams said he had been making a point that"everyone should be treated as an individual" without discrimination.
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