The Simpsons not to use white actors to voice characters of colour anymore – Hindustan Times

Inspiring TV comedy The Simpsons is ending the employ of white actors to deliver characters of coloration, producers acknowledged on Friday. “Shifting ahead, ‘The Simpsons’ will no longer hold white actors deliver non-white characters,” they acknowledged in a instant assertion.

The assertion didn’t present an explanation for nonetheless the switch follows years of public stress about the Fox television account for’s Indian convenience retailer character Apu, who’s voiced by Hank Azaria. Azaria acknowledged earlier this yr that he would no longer play the character, which has been criticized as a unfavourable portrayal of Indian-Americans.

Azaria has also voiced the Simpsons characters of Black police officer Lou and the Mexican-American Bumblebee Man. Harry Shearer has done Dr. Hibbert, who’s Black.

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Friday’s assertion didn’t tell whether or no longer Apu or the assorted characters would dwell on the series. Bumbling Homer Simpson, housewife Marge, troublemaker Bart, prodigy Lisa and shrimp one Maggie, hold captured the altering face of The United States for more than 30 years within the longest-operating scripted account for on US television. The Simpsons is syndicated in more than 100 countries.

Friday’s announcement comes amidst a smartly-liked reckoning for US pop tradition about racism following mass protests this month over the killings of Black Americans by police.

Other white actors, including Mike Henry of appealing series Family Guy and Kristen Bell of Central Park, hold also acknowledged they may be able to no longer deliver characters of coloration. “It’s been an honor to play Cleveland on ‘Family Guy’ for 20 years. I like this character, nonetheless contributors of coloration must play characters of coloration. Therefore, I would perchance be stepping down from the goal,” Henry acknowledged on Twitter on Friday.

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