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Elon Musk accuses US media of racism against ‘whites and Asians’ after newspapers drop Dilbert
- Elon Musk wades into controversy of Dilbert cartoon creator who posted a video calling black people a ‘hate group’
- The Tesla and Twitter owner tweeted that the media had long been racist against non-white people, but are now ‘racist against whites & Asians’
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Billionaire Elon Musk accused the media of being racist against whites and Asians after US newspapers dropped a white comic strip author who made derogatory comments about black Americans.
The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post and USA Today were among newspapers that cancelled the cartoon Dilbert after its creator Scott Adams said black Americans were a hate group and posted racist comments on his YouTube channel on Wednesday.
In replies to tweets about the controversy, the Tesla and Twitter chief executive said the US media had long been racist against non-white people but are now “racist against whites & Asians”.
“Maybe they can try not being racist,” Musk tweeted.
In response to an account that said white victims of police violence get a fraction of media coverage compared to black victims, Musk said the coverage is “Very disproportionate to promote a false narrative”.
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