Last year comedian and filmmaker, Hari Kondabolu released a documentary that was critical of the character, Apu from long-running animated television show, The Simpsons. In the film Kondabolu makes the case that the Apu character is a negative stereotype of Indian people and that the show should address it.
We talk to a writer about the show's recent response to the criticism, and why cultural stereotypes continue to exist in television and movies.