Elon Musk defends racist tirade with the aid of Dilbert creator Scott Adams

Mr Adams writes and illustrates the comic. His comments, broadly considered as encouraging segregation, had been made in response to a survey carried out by means of the company Rasmussen Reports. Respondents had been requested to agree or disagree with the phrase: "It's OK to be white."

The phrase is believed to have emerged in 2017 as a trolling marketing campaign and has considering that been used via white supremacists.

According to the poll, 53% of black respondents agreed with the statement, however 26% disagreed and others had been now not sure.

Mr Adams known as these who disagreed with the phrase section of a "hate group".

 

"I would say, based totally on the contemporary way matters are going, the great recommendation I would provide to white human beings is to get the hell away from black people," Mr Adams said, "because there is no fixing this."

Darrin Bell, a Pulitzer Prize-winning black cartoonist, described Mr Adams as a disgrace, however no longer unique. "His racism is no longer even special amongst cartoonists," he stated in The New York Times.

There has been an inflow of hate speech on Twitter for the reason that Mr Musk's takeover of the social platform in October, The Center for Countering Digital Hate and Anti-Defamation League reports.Mr Adams writes and illustrates the comic. His comments, broadly considered as encouraging segregation, had been made in response to a survey carried out by means of the company Rasmussen Reports. Respondents had been requested to agree or disagree with the phrase: "It's OK to be white."

The phrase is believed to have emerged in 2017 as a trolling marketing campaign and has considering that been used via white supremacists.

According to the poll, 53% of black respondents agreed with the statement, however 26% disagreed and others had been now not sure.

Mr Adams known as these who disagreed with the phrase section of a "hate group".

"I would say, based totally on the contemporary way matters are going, the great recommendation I would provide to white human beings is to get the hell away from black people," Mr Adams said, "because there is no fixing this."

Darrin Bell, a Pulitzer Prize-winning black cartoonist, described Mr Adams as a disgrace, however no longer unique. "His racism is no longer even special amongst cartoonists," he stated in The New York Times.

There has been an inflow of hate speech on Twitter for the reason that Mr Musk's takeover of the social platform in October, The Center for Countering Digital Hate and Anti-Defamation League reports.