1. I'll add one thing to the great Apu debate: until recently I was also an Desi who didn't mind Apu. I've changed, largely because I've started listening to people younger than me. https://twitter.com/SopanDeb/status/984418135632760832 …
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2. Cards on the table: born in india, family of immigrants (to Canada but also England, Fiji, USA & all over), parent's ran a small convenience store, fan of classics Simpsons (by which I mean the Tracey Ullman shorts)
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3. I've been pretty indulgent towards Apu because I saw him as an affectionately intended character (as against, say, Peter Sellers in The Party,which I loathed when I saw it as a kid).
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4. I think the big difference between me and many Desi who dislike Apu is generational. I was already an adult when Simpson appeared. They are more likely to have been kids in school.
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5. As an adult, The Simpsons was something in background to me. For younger Desi in school, Apu was a taunt they heard in school. Big difference.
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6. If I wanted to, I could easily write one of those anti-PC articles: "Hey, I was born in India, I don't mind Apu." But I won't because I'm not an asshole and I'm willing to listen to people younger than me.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
I suspect if you were talking to people younger than you who inclined to the far right, you wouldn't be as indulgent. But wouldn't that, by your implied definition, nonetheless make you "an asshole" for failing to "listen to people younger" than you?
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I listen to people younger than me and if they have a cogent argument (as the anti-Apu kids do) I change my mind. I haven't heard anything from alt-right that strikes me as cogent.
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There age matters because they had experiences that I didn't have (being kids when Simpson was on). If you think that's an "identity game" then you are an imbecile.
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