Weeks after making racially charged feedback leading to his nationally syndicated cartoon being pulled from newspapers nationwide, “Dilbert” creator Scott Adams pled his case to NewsNation host Chris Cuomo Monday night time.
The 65-year-old cartoonist made headlines late final month on his “Real Coffee with Scott Adams” internet program with a rant that included the suggestion white folks ought to “get the hell away from Black people.”
He made that remark after citing a questionably worded ballot claiming a large variety of Black folks take subject with the phrase “It’s okay to be white.”
On Monday, Adams instructed Cuomo he “intentionally courted controversy” to make a bigger level about how strained racial relationships are within the U.S. He mentioned the feedback making the rounds on-line want extra context.
“There’s no other way to interpret it than the worst possible way,” he conceded.
He claimed to have been framing his bigger level in a method he knew would “attract attention,” which, in response to Adams, took on a lifetime of its personal.
“I knew it would create controversy in a small way, but I thought it would stay within my audience,” he mentioned.
Adams, snickering all through the interview with a stone-faced Cuomo, claimed “Black America is actually completely fine” along with his general argument and mentioned he’s being invited to ‘come over to the barbecue.’”
Adams claims he doesn’t consider segregation is nice, and even doable within the U.S., however he accepts duty for his statements.
“I’m probably the only white man in America who has free speech today because I can say whatever the hell I want and I can’t get further canceled,” Adams claimed. “So I’ve had this insanely, weirdly, good experience out of this that I can’t explain.”
Cuomo isn’t any stranger to public scrutiny himself. The 52-year-old anchorman was canned by CNN in December 2021 amid complaints he aided folks doing spin for his brother, the previous governor, who was underneath scrutiny over sexual harassment claims. Cuomo himself was additionally accused of sexual harassment.
“You’re actually kind of the perfect person to talk to,” Adams mentioned on the high of the interview.
Cuomo mentioned on the finish of the present he worries silencing Adams sends the flawed message to racists who see themselves as a part of a sufferer class.
Source: www.bostonherald.com”