American publisher Andrews McMeel Universal (AMU) has severed its relationship with Dilbert creator Scott Adams for comments he made about race and race relations. .“We are proud to promote and share many different voices and perspectives,” said AMU Chair Hugh Andrews and CEO and President Andy Sareyan in a Sunday statement. .“But we will never support any commentary rooted in discrimination or hate.” .Adams encouraged segregation on Wednesday by saying black Americans are a hate group and suggesting white people should get away from them. .Adams' comments came after a poll from Rasmussen Reports said 53% of black Americans agreed with the statement, “It’s OK to be White.”.“I don’t want to have anything to do with them,” he said. .The statement said the process of this termination extends to all areas of its business with Adams and Dilbert. .Andrews and Sareyan said AMU values free speech. They added Adams’ comments “do not align with our core values as a company.” .They concluded by saying its creator-first approach is foundational, “and we deeply value our relationships with our creators.” .“However, in the case with Adams, our vision and principles are not compatible,” they said. .Adams announced in September Dilbert had been cancelled by 77 newspapers, which were owned by one media company. .READ MORE: Woke mob cancels beloved Dilbert strip in dozens of papers."It was part of a larger overhaul, I believe, of comics, but why they decided what was in and what was out, that's not known to anybody except them, I guess," he said. .Adams said he thinks the cancellation might have happened because he poked fun at social justice themes related to the workplace. He took a dig at environmental, social, and governance goals and introduced character Dave, who is black but identifies as white.
