‘Dilbert’ Cartoonist Scott Adams Dropped by Syndication Partner After He Said White People Should ‘Get the F— Away’ From Black People
variety.comTodd Spangler NY Digital Editor Scott Adams’ racist rant has resulted in the “Dilbert” cartoonist losing his deal with syndication partner Andrews McMeel Universal.
In a statement late Sunday, Andrews McMeel said it was “severing our relationship” with Adams, which the company originally struck in 2011, including “all areas of our business with Adams and the ‘Dilbert’ comic strip.” “As a media and communications company, AMU values free speech,” the statement from chairman Hugh Andrews and president/CEO Andy Sareyan said. “But we will never support any commentary rooted in discrimination or hate.
Recent comments by Scott Adams regarding race and race relations do not align with our core values as a company.” The announcement from Andrews McMeel came after dozens of newspapers said they were suspending publication of “Dilbert” because of Adams’s anti-Black tirade last week, including the Washington Post, the L.A.
Times, the Boston Globe and Cleveland’s Plain Dealer. On Monday, Adams tweeted that “My syndication partner canceled me” and “‘Dilbert’ has been cancelled from all newspapers, websites, calendars and books because I gave some advice everyone agreed with.” On the Feb.
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