Elon Musk Says Media Is ‘Racist Against Whites & Asians’ After Dilbert Fallout

Twitter CEOElon Muskvoiced his point-blank support for cartoonist Scott Adams who received criticism for post a antiblack rant on YouTube last hebdomad . John Adams has since been fired from news program outlets after shout out Black people a “ hate group ” adding , “ I do n’t need to have anything to do with them . ”

Musk defended Adams ’ picture , claiming it is the mainstream medium that is racist , not the cartoonist . “ For a * very * long sentence , US media was racist against non - white people , now they ’re racist against Edward Douglas White Jr. & Asians , ” Musk wrote in aTwitter post . “ Same matter happened with elect college & high schools in America . mayhap they can try not being antiblack . ”

In an e-mail to Gizmodo , Adams sound out , “ No comment , ” while Musk did not immediately respond to Gizmodo ’s request for comment .

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Adams create the widely popular Dilbert comic strip seen in newspapers across the U.S. , many of whom dropped the comic after Adams posted the YouTube picture . He attempted to support his claims by cite a proper - leaningRasmussen Reports pollwhich stated that 53 % of Black Americans agree it ’s “ it ’s okay to be White , ” while claim that 76 % allegedly agreed “ Black people can be racist too . ”

“ Lots of people are wild , but I have n’t assure any disagreement yet , at least not from anyone who saw the context , ” Adams toldThe Washington Post , speaking about the cancellation of his Dilbert comic strip . He carry on , “ Some questioned the poll data point . That ’s fair . ”

Adams ’ YouTube video continues to receive recoil and substantial criticism for saying , “ … Based on the current room things are going , the best advice I would give to White people is to get the Hades away from Black people … because there is no fixing this . ”

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