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The Simpsons character Apu, one of the show's producers has revealed the acharacter will be axed.
"I'm verified from multiple sources now: They're going to drop the Apu character altogether,"
producer Adi Shankar has told IndiWire.
"They are not going to make a big deal out of it, or anything like that, but they'll drop him altogether just to avoid the controversy," Shankar said.
Kwik-owner Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, who first appeared on the show in 1990.
The criticism of Apu's character first surfaced in November 2017 with the release of Hari Kondabolu's collateral documentary The Problem With Apu.
Kondabolu said the character and his thick Indian accent was based on hurtful stereotypes.
"Everything with Apu is like this running joke," Kondabolu told the New York Times. "And the running joke is that he's Indian."
Earlier this year, The Simpsons addressed the racial controversy surrounding the character in a brief scene of an episode that was described as a "slap in the face."
The show producers slipped in a scene with Lisa and Marge Simpson The Princess in the Garden that was edited to make it acceptable for 2018.
At one point, Lisa turns to the camera and says: "Something that's been around and has been applauded and inoffensive is now politically incorrect. What can you do? "
Lisa then looks at a picture of Apu with the catchphrase "Do not have a cow!" Written on it.
"Some things will be dealt with at a later date," Marge says.
"If at all," Lisa responds.
The episode was tried with the controversy.
#TheSimpsons completely toothless response to @harikondabolu #TheProblemWithApu about the racist character Apu:
"Something that's been going on and is offended and politically incorrect … What can you do?" pic.twitter.com/Bj7qE2FXWN
– Soham (@sohamberlamps) April 9, 2018
Shankar views the decision to axis Apu has a mistake, saying: "If you are a cultural commentary and you are really afraid of how to culture, especially when it's a component of the culture, then you are a show about cowardice. "
"It's not a step forward, or step backwards, it's just a mbadive step sideways."
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