The Simpsons’ Hank Azaria says Indian-American character Apu has contributed to structural racism

Hank Azaria says he feels the need to apologize to ‘every single Indian person in this country’ for voicing Apu in The Simpsons. In an interview with the Armchair Expert podcast, Azaria has said the character show had contributed to ‘structural racism’ and that he hadn’t known any better during the nearly 30 years he … Read more

Fury as Munira Mirza ‘who doesn’t believe in structural racism’ appointed to set up race commission 

Boris Johnson faces claims he has declared ‘war on woke’ today after choosing a No10 policy adviser who once branded the idea of institutional racism as a ‘myth’ to set up a commission on racial inequality. The choice of Munira Mirza, the head of the Prime Minister’s policy unit and a former deputy mayor from his … Read more