>Just off the top: Krusty the Clown, Groundskeeper Willie,
>Luigi Risotto, Fat Tony and his crew, Bumblebee Man, Cletus
>(if we're counting slackjawed yokel as an ethnicity), etc.

as others have mentioned, that matters.


>Many of the characters are broad, cartoonish stereotypes by
>design.

of course. that doesn't really lessen the issues with Apu though.