The time I get salty...
Let's talk stereotypes, racism, and growing up brown. Stereotypes. When I was little my family sat around the TV and watched the Simpsons together. You know the show with the weird yellow characters? That show was the first time I saw another brown person on TV. You know who I'm talking about; you can already hear his famous line now. "Thank you, come again". Apu. Apu with his doting Indian wife and multiple children. Apu who owns the local supermarket and lives in a cheap apartment building. Apu was the only other brown person on television at the time, and here is the foundation for brown stereotypes. Apu's accent became the "Indian Accent," and it really isn't a flattering nor accurate accent. Do you know why? Because Apu is voiced by Hank Azaria, born Henry Albert Azaria in Queens. He's literally the epitome of whiteness (I am not saying "white" is bad, I'm just saying this guy is white, not brown, hence an inaccurate re