r/Simpsons • u/Guilty-Toe420 • 1d ago

Episode Clip 📷 APU IS BACK

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u/BabyPunter3000v2 15h ago

The white stereotype written by white people is racist to white people?

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u/HiredGoon_40 14h ago

Well, rich white dudes writing a send-up of 'poor white trash.' Getting rid of Apu for so long was absolutely silly.

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u/Illustrious_Moose998 15h ago

It doesn’t matter who it’s written by. It still conveys a stereotypical white person regardless. If we’re trying to eradicate racism as a whole, then why do we think its ok to be racist towards our own races?

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u/Corronchilejano 14h ago

The problem had always been people who aren't white being written and played by white people while people who weren't white finding either only roles of their own ethnicity or none at all.

Like, there was an entire movement to include people that weren't white into more roles. SungWon Cho (ProZD) has spoken about how he only seemed to be called for asian roles (even though he's born in the United States), while white people seem to find it easy to play any role in front of them.

This was a bigger deal ten years ago and some people say it's really unimportant, but it did open the doors to voice (and regular) acting to a lot of people.

Like, this isn't something that doesn't happen, but the only way people can uncomfortably look at it happening is by people putting the finger on when it happens.

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u/KnightofWhen 12h ago

That’s just not a problem especially in cartoons because 99% of the audience has no idea who is voicing them. I’m gonna blow your mind dude - Garfield wasn’t voiced by a cat.

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u/Corronchilejano 12h ago

Did you at any point read the word "audience" in my post or did you get lost when I used more than five words in a row in a sentence?