Newspapers in Ohio and Texas have dropped the nationally syndicated cartoon Dilbert after its creator designated Black people as a “hate group,” seemed to favour segregation and made other racist comments on his online show.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer and San Antonio Express-News both announced that the papers would immediately stop publishing the cartoon following the comments this week by Scott Adams, 65. The cartoonist’s Dilbert began syndication in 1989 and has been popular worldwide for decades. Major newspapers such as The New York Times and The Washington Post also announced they were dropping the comic.
