It was only a matter of time before the fun police came for The Simpsons. The latest victim of the anti-joy squad is Apu Nahasapeemapetilon; Springfield’s friendly Indian migrant and owner of the Kwik-E-Mart. In a November 2017 documentary, The Problem with Apu, comedian Hari Kondabolu highlighted the fact the character can be perceived as representing a harmful stereotype of people of South Asian heritage.
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