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‘SNL’ Comes For Racist ‘Dilbert’ Creator Scott Adams In Latest Skit [UPDATED]

The March 4 episode showed just how much of a clown Adams really is.

Updated on 3/7/23 at 4:41Β p.m. E.T:

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In response to public scrutiny and having his cartoon β€œDilbert” dropped from dozens of newspapers, Scott Adams pinpointedΒ in an interview with NewsNation on Monday (March 6) the exact group of people who he believes is responsible for the backlash.

β€œIt’s almost entirely white people that canceled me, it might be entirely,” Adams stated, β€œbecause they’re the ones that own the publishing companies and the newspapers.Β Black America is actually completely fine, both conservative and liberal, if they see the context.” Adams then remarked that his claims that Black people are a β€œhate group” were β€œhyperbole.”

He also insisted that he β€œintentionally courted controversy” so Adams could β€œhave a productive argument.”

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During the March 4 episode of β€œSaturday Night Live,” the β€œWeekend Update” segment of the show tackled Scott Adamsβ€”the racist creator of the comic β€œDilbert” who recently went viral for a disturbing rant he made in a YouTube video last month. In the footage, Adams called Black people a β€œhate group” but didn’t stop there:

β€œIf nearly half of all Blacks are not okay with White people … that’s a hate group. I don’t want to have anything to do with them. And I would say, based on the current way things are going, the best advice I would give to White people is to get the hell away from Black people … because there is no fixing this.”

And as a result, dozens of newspapers dropped the cartoon. Michael Che, alongside co-anchor Colin Jost, gave viewers background information on Adams’ most recent actions. β€œNewspapers dropped the cartoon strip [Dilbert] effective immediately,” Jost said. β€œAnd to rub it in, they’re replacing Dilbert with β€˜Peanuts: Oops All Franklin.’”

The pair then interviewed β€œDilbert” (portrayed by SNL star Michael Longfellow) to understand why Adams would make such hate-filled statements. β€œMichael, I think I can speak for myself and the entire all-white staff at the β€˜Dilbert’ offices when I say this is a total shock. I mean, most cartoonists are weird. But racist weird? Let’s just say, I never got that memo,” Longfellow sarcastically explained.

The cartoon character then stated that the reason for him appearing on SNL was to apologize to Che β€œfor racism.” However, things quickly went left when Longfellow said that after reading the works of Black radical and socialist thinkers, his β€œDilbert” character was way more progressive than Adams.

β€œAre you ready,” Longfellow asked, β€œbecause Dilbert’s ready. I woke up this morning ready to take the streets and paint the city with the blood of the white man.” He also warned that a β€œrace war” was coming.

We doubt that this will be the last time someone takes aim at the repulsive cartoonist.

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