Elon Musk accuses US media of being 'racist against whites and Asians'

In response to the controversy, Musk took to Twitter to defend Adams, accusing the media of being “racist against whites & Asians.” He did not criticize Adams’ comments, and in fact had previously asked, “What exactly are they complaining about?” in response to Adams’ tweet about media outlets pulling his comic strip. 

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and Twitter, has defended Scott Adams, creator of the comic strip Dilbert, after Adams made controversial statements about race. Adams had suggested that white people should “get the hell away from Black people” in the wake of Rasmussen poll. Several media organizations had dropped his comic strip as a result of these statements.

In response to the controversy, Musk took to Twitter to defend Adams, accusing the media of being “racist against whites & Asians.” He did not criticize Adams’ comments, and in fact had previously asked, “What exactly are they complaining about?” in response to Adams’ tweet about media outlets pulling his comic strip. 

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"For a very long time, US media was racist against non-white people, now they’re racist against whites & Asians. Same thing happened with elite colleges & high schools in America. Maybe they can try not being racist," Elon Musk tweeted.

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The controversy over Adams’ statements began after an episode of his YouTube show in which he expressed outrage at a Rasmussen poll that found 26 percent of Black Americans disagreed with the statement “It’s okay to be white,” compared with 12 percent of the general population. 

“If nearly half of all Blacks are not okay with White people … that’s a hate group,” Adams said. “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.”
 

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While agreeing that “Adams’ comments weren’t good”, Musk agreed with a comment that there’s “an element of truth” to them, and suggested in a reply that media organizations promote a “false narrative” by giving more coverage to unarmed Black victims of police violence than they do to unarmed White victims of police violence.

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