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13249906, Apu wasn't designed to be edgy. lol
Posted by hardware, Wed Apr-11-18 01:12 PM
he was literally a brown immigrant store clerk. Up until he got married, all his jokes were about the Kwik-E-Mart. HE LIVED IN THE KWIK-E-MART. That was the extent of his role.

Its a clear stereotype they were playing off. Its not suddenly wrong. It was wrong then. At the time it was something they could "get away with". You have to also remember how big the Simpsons was and that Apu was, for most people, the only interaction with an Indian person they ever had.