Hank Azaria, the voice of Apu in Los Simpson, is accused by the Indians

Hank Azaria, the famous actor of the loose person of Los Simpson, has been publicly accused by his voice of the character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, who wrote like an offensive Indian stereotype.

Last year, Azaria announced that it would not brand the job of the Kwik-E-Mart staff, with its current market, Indian culture and Hindu religions used to live in the program.

Ahora fue por más. Azaria, a white stadium, account in the podcast Armchair expert which initially had a “point of reference” for the cultural problems that Rodean had in Apu.

“Participate in racism, as well as in structural racism in this country, through hard points”, dijo. “It simply came to our notice then. I did not think so ”, prosiguió.

“We have very good intentions from all our parties and we intend to create a fun and reflective character,” the actor apologized.

The controversy surrounding the character is shown in the 2017 documentary The problem with Apu.

“Everything with Apu is like broma corriente … y la broma corriente es que es indio”, Dijo el cineasta Hari Kondabolu en la película.

“Azaria is a friendly and reflexive person who demonstrates that people are not simply ‘product of his time’, meaning he has the ability to learn and create,” Kondabolu added on Twitter.

Azaria dijo al podcast que luchó con sentimientos de estar “Herido, molesto, a la defensiva” after the launch of the pelican, but decided to reflect on his position to react to the defensive.

‘I do not want an instant response”, Dijo. ‘Fui y aprendí, leí, hablé con mucha gente india. Pido disclospas by me on the creation of Apu, by participating in eso”, Account.

The program does not have any white actors who act in other ways.

Azaria is also known for giving the characters of Moe Szyslak, Jefe Gorgory, the storyteller and Carl Carlson, who are black.

Last year, Los Simpson, who was recently found in his time 32, announcement that it will be necessary to use white actors to express white persons.

This year’s principles, the creator of Los Simpson, Matt Groening, told BBC Radio that “the times changed” from the original broadcast of the program in 1989.

“We are dealing with making better”, dijo. “Intolerance and racism continue to be an incredible problem and are finally being addressed by a mayor for equality and representation”, aggregate.

The notice presumably caused controversy in the social speeches, with users protesting in favor and against the decision of Azaria.

“” Oye! do not miss the discus by Apu. The comedy has to be free to maintain a space of things, including if there is a distortion of space! ”, Comment @ZaheerAbbasAli on twitter.

“God forbid … I do not accept the disciples of Azariah but I think that revenge is on the door of my house and I will be discredited”, wrote ironically Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara).

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