The problem with Apu: why we need better portrayals of people of colour on television

Authors

Sukhmani Khorana, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

131916

Publication Details

Khorana, S. (2018). The problem with Apu: why we need better portrayals of people of colour on television. The Conversation, 29 November 1-5.

Link to publisher version (URL)

The Conversation Media Group

Abstract

Writing Apu out of The Simpsons is a simplistic solution to the issue of diversity in media. Instead, we need to support programming created by people of colour.