Newspapers Drop ‘Dilbert’ After Cartoonist Calls Black Americans ‘Hate Group’

USA Today Network, Washington Post among newspapers to stop publishing comic

Scott Adams, creator of the comic strip ‘Dilbert,’ said people had misunderstood the context of his remarks.Photo: Marcio Jose Sanchez/Associated Press

Multiple newspapers around the U.S. dropped Scott Adams’s long-running “Dilbert” comic strip after the cartoonist called Black Americans a “hate group” in a racist rant he posted online.

The USA Today Network, which includes hundreds of newspapers, Cleveland’s Plain Dealer, the San Antonio Express-News, the Washington Post and other publications all said they would stop publishing “Dilbert,” which has poked fun at corporate drudgery for decades.

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