Popular illustrator and self-help guru Scott Adams defended telling white people to “get the hell away from Black people” on his web program last month, saying his words were taken out of context.
The author said he understood that his comments on the Feb. 22 episode of “Real Coffee With Scott Adams” would be controversial and meant for them to trigger discussion — but did not expect them to get him canceled.
On Monday, March 6, Adams appeared on “CUOMO” on NewsNation to address the recent polarizing comments about race. He claimed his core audience understood that he was probing for conversation but that the larger community missed his message and squarely framed his statements with race-baiting.
The reason the self-proclaimed thought leader took a while to explain himself, he said, was because he was waiting for the right time to reframe his argument and let some of the noise around his comments “dissipate.”
He said while he actually expressed that whites should not be around Black people, he really meant that no one should be around anyone that makes them feel bad and that many Black people make white people feel bad by always looking back at the horrific wrongs committed by their ancestors. He even indicated that Blacks could ascend higher in white America if they stopped bringing up the past and coasted on the current climate of diversity and inclusion — clearing the path for success for African-Americans.
According to Adams, the main people pushing a race narrative and the most outraged over his comments, which he says were said as “hyperbole,” were liberal whites and the media.
“I intentionally courted controversy,” Adams said about his “get away from Black people” statement and explained that that would be impossible to do.
He then continued to share this kind of dialogue he does “often” during his live streams.
“I was trying to attract attention so that I could have a productive…
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