US media drops Dilbert as creator calls Black people 'hate group'

Scott Adams, who introduced Asok the IIT-ian to America, is canned after asking white people to 'get away' from Black people

The cartoon Dilbert has been dropped from numerous US newspapers in response to racist comments by its creator, Scott Adams — who introduced IIT into the American media discourse — on his YouTube channel. Adams called Black Americans a “hate group” and suggested white Americans “get the hell away from Black people” in response to a conservative organisation’s poll purporting to show that many African Americans do not agree with the statement: “It’s OK to be white.”

“If nearly half of all Blacks are not OK with white people ... that’s a hate group,” said Adams. “And I don’t want to