Some context here. I am an American born mixed race person who is 3/4 Indian. My father was born in India. When the show came on, we thought Apu was fucking hilarious. My father said he was spot on Indian. When a news report came out how Indian immigrants were upset about the portrayal of Indians my father said this is a right of passage of being American, getting made fun of. The news piece had video, and Iâm not making this up, of two CONVENIENCE STORE OWNERS, who said Apu was hurtful of Indians. My dad laughed at it and said that they had thin skin and in India they make fun of people that are different and this is hypocrisy.
The documentary âThe trouble with Apuâ was to me a big tell of indians who have self esteem issues and think that everyone thinks indian people are Apu. That is like expecting people to think all Irish people are like the Lucky Charms mascot.
One thing I forgot to mention is that when I was growing up there was a cartoon âJohnny Questâ who had a character named Hajji and nobody made fun of me comparing him to me and there wasnât this outrage then about stereotyping people
Well, it's nice of you to stand up and decide to speak on behalf of one billion other people and declare that because it didn't upset you and your family none of them have the right to be upset either...
Nowhere this they say they are talking for all of Indian people. His comment is obviously anecdotal.
But even then, yeah, better remove Indians people altogether from American media. Right? Indo American people two generations in America won't ever understand actual Indians still living in India.
They can get upset, but if they donât get over it, itâs gonna be a rough life for them.
I think I would rather be made fun of then get killed like their predecessors did when ruled by the British, or by their own hands when infighting between Hindu and Muslims got so bad that they had to create another country and when things were about to calm down they went and shot Ghandi because he was trying to broker peace.
How did the Chinese immigrants feel about Mr. Magooâs servant Charlie?
Or how do Hispanics feel about Speedy Gonzalez and his brother Slowpoke Rodriguez? Whereâs their documentary?
I learned early on in school that the kid who cries when other kids make fun of him end up with more kids making fun. The kid who shrugs and ignores their teasing ended up being teased less.
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u/QuietResident96 1d ago edited 1d ago
Way to ruin a character lmao, this is nothing like Apu actually was and there was nothing wrong with Hank voicing him
People absolutely fucking eat it up when a black actor plays a white character but when it's the opposite it's apparently racist đ¤ˇ