“In The Problem with Apu, I used Apu & The Simpsons as an entry point into a larger conversation about the representation of marginalized groups & why this is important.
Simpsons To ‘The Problem With Apu’: Drop Dead.
The Simpsons response tonight is not a jab at me, but at what many of us consider progress,” he wrote.
Hari Kondabolu’s 2017 documentary The Problem With Apu criticized the show for perpetuating negative stereotypes of South Asians through Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, owner of the Kwik-E-Mart convenience store.