Argentine TV Equates India Prime Minister to “Apu”
Aaaand you know what that means!
Argentine TV outlet @CronicaTV displays this racist image with the headline “Apu Arrived” as India Prime Minister @narendramodi arrives in Buenos Aires for the #G20. pic.twitter.com/oNqZVpS4E5
— Patrick Gillespie (@Pat_Gillespie) November 29, 2018
While reporting on the arrival of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Argentinian TV network, Cronica TV, announced the arrival with a picture of “Apu”. For some reason or another, this has caused claims of racism by viewers while others deem it as a joke. All this in the same year as the debut of The Problem with Apu documentary that had launched similar claims of “Apu” being a character with racist intent while most fans of The Simpsons seem to disagree.
Our Take
The ironic thing about this bit. A week ago, Cronica had broadcast a guy killing himself on live television, but somehow Apu is equated to being racist and THAT’S what gets all the coverage?
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