Elon Musk backed Scott Adams, the creator of "Dilbert" after hundreds of newspapers dropped the comic strip following the artist's recent racist remarks.

Scott Adams last week advised White people to "get the hell away" from Black Americans, whom he labeled as a "hate group," according to a CNN report.

In a stunning tirade on his YouTube channel, Scott Adams advocated segregation. He made these remarks in reaction to a Rasmussen Reports study, which found that 53% of Black Americans concurred with the line "It's OK to be White."

Tech mogul Elon Musk responded to a tweet about the situation on Sunday by saying the "media is racist." The owner of Twitter said that "for very long, US media was racist against non-white people, now they're racist against whites & Asians."

He did not condemn Adams' remarks. Elon Musk also said the same issue had occurred at the most prestigious US educational institutions.

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Twitter CEO Elon Musk commented tweeted later on that Scott Adams' racist remarks "weren't good," though there was an "element of truth" to them. He also noted that the media covered Black police brutality victims more than White ones. Several studies show that Black people are more likely to be killed by police than White people.

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Since taking over Twitter in October, Musk's opinions on social issues have come under increased scrutiny. Elon Musk, who calls himself a "free-speech absolutist," has promised to increase the variety of opinions expressed on Twitter and eliminate the leftist bias, or so he thinks, that prevailed under the previous administration, per Al Jazeera.

According to Reuters, he has argued with human rights organizations about Twitter's hateful content protection and the restoration of suspended accounts.

Several advertisers have departed Twitter due to brand safety concerns, and Twitter has implemented new ad placement restrictions.

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