As someone who loves Dilbert comics, it’s disheartening to see the media labeling creator Scott Adams as a racist for simply acknowledging what a recent poll stated. It’s clear that the media is quick to jump on any opportunity to label a white person as racist without bothering to try and understand the context of their remarks.

Adams said on an episode of his YouTube show that Black people were part of a “hate group,” after reading a survey conducted by a conservative pollster that asked whether “it’s OK to be white,” in which most Black Americans agreed and 26 percent disagreed. While this may be a difficult truth for some to accept, it doesn’t make it any less true.

It’s refreshing to see Elon Musk come out in support of Adams’ remarks and call out the media for their knee-jerk reaction. Musk rightly points out that the media often twists people’s words and takes them out of context in order to create controversy and generate clicks.

“For a *very* long time, US media was racist against non-white people, now they’re racist against whites & Asians,” Musk, who is white, said on Twitter. “Same thing happened with elite colleges & high schools in America. Maybe they can try not being racist.”

The fact is, we can’t make progress on issues like racial inequality if we’re not willing to have honest conversations about uncomfortable truths. It’s time for everyone to stop being so quick to label people as racists and start listening to what they’re actually saying.

In the case of Scott Adams, he was simply acknowledging an uncomfortable truth that many people would rather ignore. Instead of attacking him, we should be thanking him for starting a conversation about an issue that needs more attention.

People shouldn’t be so quick to label people as racists without fully understanding the context of their remarks. Instead, let’s have honest conversations about difficult topics like racial inequality so we can make progress towards a more just society. And let’s thank people like Scott Adams who are willing to start those conversations, even if it means acknowledging uncomfortable truths.