{"id":429112,"date":"2021-04-15T19:05:41","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T23:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=429112"},"modified":"2021-04-15T19:05:44","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T23:05:44","slug":"hindu-american-group-invites-hank-azaria-to-talk-about-the-simpsons-character-apu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hindu-american-group-invites-hank-azaria-to-talk-about-the-simpsons-character-apu\/","title":{"rendered":"Hindu American Group Invites Hank Azaria To Talk About \u2018The Simpsons\u2019 Character Apu"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhindu-american-group-invites-hank-azaria-to-talk-about-the-simpsons-character-apu%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=429112&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2123.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2021\/04\/14\/hank-azaria-invited-meet-hindu-american-foundation-apu-guilt\/\">TMZ<\/a>, Shereen Bhalla, a rep for the Hindu American Foundation, has invited actor Hank Azaria for a sit-down discussion about the alleged harm his \u201cSimpsons\u201d character Apu has inflicted upon the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHank doesn\u2019t have to torment himself for his work on \u2018The Simpsons,\u2019 or at least he doesn\u2019t have to do it alone. Bhalla says she and the staff at HAF would love to have a sit-down with him,\u201d reported TMZ. \u201cShe tells us coming to the table with them would help Hank do a lot of the learning he seems very open to at this point. Shereen says they can expose him to Indian people\u2019s lived experiences, and have a dialogue about his lingering guilt.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"cb-90af4eb1144dfa1d92d683698d542715\">\n<section id=\"cb-4ddf42ffd3c7f5931ffe71308aad5b9f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\u201cIf Hank\u2019s concerned about \u2018cancel culture\u2019 \u2026 HAF does not want to see that happen to the veteran actor,\u201d TMZ continued. \u201cWe\u2019re told the group doesn\u2019t feel Hank needs to be excommunicated, and believes he\u2019s genuinely sorry and willing to educate himself \u2026 which HAF would love to help him do. As for how to proceed, there are a few options. For one, HAF is offering Hank a third-party facilitated dialogue with Indians across the nation, on or off the record \u2026 his choice. Also, HAF has a podcast called \u2018That\u2019s So Hindu\u2019 and would be more than happy to have him as a guest.\u201d<\/section>\n<section data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\"><\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-d7ddcaff91dda35076f7b409ffb02bf9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29.372026641294\">Speaking on the \u201cArmchair Expert\u201d podcast with host Dax Shepard earlier this week, Azaria said he finally stepped away from the role of Apu after attending several seminars and learning from other people about how the character hurt them.\u201cI was speaking at my son\u2019s school, I was talking to the Indian kids there because I wanted to get their input,\u201d Azaria said, as reported by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/simpsons-actor-hank-azaria-feels-he-needs-apologize-to-every-indian-for-apu\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>. \u201cA 17-year-old \u2026 he\u2019s never even seen&nbsp;<em>The<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Simpsons<\/em>&nbsp;but knows what Apu means. It\u2019s practically a slur at this point. All he knows is that is how his people are thought of and represented to many people in this country.\u201dAzaria told the boy that he apologized and that he promised to convey to Hollywood that how they portray certain people matters in the real world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really do apologize,\u201d Azaria said. \u201cIt\u2019s important. I apologize for my part in creating that and participating in that. Part of me feels like I need to go to every single Indian person in this country and personally apologize. And sometimes I do.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>Apu was never presented as a dumb Indian immigrant who runs the Kwik-E-Mart. In fact, multiple episodes spent time developing his complexity as a character throughout the show\u2019s near three-decade run. Contrary to perception, he holds a Ph.D. in computer science, graduated from the top of his class at \u201cCaltech\u201d (Calcutta Technical Institute), and only runs the Kwik-E-Mart because of the joy it brings him to spend time with friends and customers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/john-cleese-mocks-hank-azarias-apology-for-playing-apu\">John Cleese Mocks Hank Azaria\u2019s Apology For Playing&nbsp;Apu<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to TMZ, Shereen Bhalla, a rep for the Hindu American Foundation, has invited actor Hank Azaria for a sit-down discussion about the alleged harm his \u201cSimpsons\u201d character Apu has &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312267,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2123.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Hindu American Group Invites Hank Azaria To Talk About \u2018The Simpsons\u2019 Character Apu","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-429112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2123.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Hindu American Group Invites Hank Azaria To Talk About \u2018The Simpsons\u2019 Character Apu","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}