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The Simpsons bring on Black actor Alex Desert to voice Carl Carlson replacing Hank Azaria

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Producers on Fox’s long-running animated series The Simpsons announced in June that they will no longer have white actors voicing Black characters, though today it’s been revealed who will voice one of the show’s longest-running Black characters. Alex Desert (Swingers, High Fidelity) has come aboard to voice Carl Carlson, one of Homer Simpson’s longtime co-workers … Read more

Hank Azaria says he decided to stop voicing Apu on The Simpsons after educating himself on racism

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Hank Azaria says he decided to stop voicing Apu on The Simpsons after educating himself on racism: ‘It just didn’t feel right’ He announced last month he will no longer voice Kwik-E-Mart owner Apu on The Simpsons Azaria spoke to The New York Times about his years-long process of examining the harmful impact of his … Read more