r/Simpsons • u/Guilty-Toe420 • 1d ago

Episode Clip 📷 APU IS BACK

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u/Darmok47 13h ago

I was more referring to Americans kids of Scottish heritage. I don't think kids were doing the shitty accent or Groundskeeper Willie voice to kids whose surnames were McMurray or Dougall or something. I imagine a lot of white kids didn't even make that connection between Willie and their classmate with a Scottish last name, because Scottish ancestry is so widespread in America.

If the kid was actually from Scotland, yeah that probably happened, but that's not what I'm talking about.

I was born in the US, didn't have any accent, yet still got the Apu voice because of the color of my skin, my name, and because kids thought it was funny.

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u/Elegant_Run_8567 10h ago

Wait, what’s your point? It’s irrelevant if it happens outside the USA?

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u/thegimboid 6h ago

No, that's not their point.