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Chloe Taylor

Musk defends Dilbert cartoon after cancellation, labelling media and elite schools 'racist against whites and Asians'

Elon Musk leaves the Phillip Burton Federal Building on January 24, 2023 in San Francisco, California. (Credit: Justin Sullivan—Getty Images)

Elon Musk lashed out at the U.S. media over the weekend, accusing the industry of being “racist against whites and Asians” after a slew of newspapers canceled long-running cartoon “Dilbert.”

The comic strip, which launched in 1989 and pokes fun at the corporate world, was dropped by various newspapers—including The Washington Post, Cleveland’s Plain Dealer and The Los Angeles Times—over the past few days after its creator, Scott Adams, posted a video to YouTube on Wednesday in which he made racist comments.

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