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   From: weberm@polaris.net   
      
   In article , Obveeus@aol.com wrote:   
      
   >Apu works hard, takes care of his family, and treats his customers   
   >nicely.  Racially biased depictions/stereotypes could certainly be worse   
   >than this.  I've seen multiple stand up comics of Indian/Southern Asian   
   >ancestry depict the same kind of accent and so I cannot logically see   
   >why it would be unacceptable for Hank Azaria to do it if they can do it.   
   >  Sure, the character talks funny and has a catch phrase...so do most of   
   >the characters on THE SIMPSONS.  Should fat, old, white guys be claiming   
   >discriminatory representation because of how Homer Simpson is depicted?   
   >It seems to me that the center of the complaints against Apu is that he   
   >is 'the only' character to be Indian on TV, which isn't quite true, but   
   >to the extent that it is close, the complaint should be against the lack   
   >of other representation rather than the fact that THE SIMPSONS does have   
   >an Indian character.   
      
   So, when are they going to complain about Raj on BIG BANG THEORY?   
      
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