I'm curious, didn't you make a video about how you felt alienated growing up because you grew up around a lot of White people & you're of Indian decent? Do you think that stereotypes like Apu added nothing to how a lot of people thought of people of Indian decent?
There are good things about his character that a built around a kinda shit stereotype. It's not impossible to recognize both of these things. The problem is that people just want to ignore it & act like everything is fine, which is stupid.