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‘The Simpsons’ Will No Longer Have White Actors Voice Non-White Characters

Fox has released a statement on casting for non-white characters on<em> The Simpsons</em>.

deadline.com

“Moving forward, The Simpsons will no longer have white actors voice non-white characters,” the network said Friday.

On The Simpsons, Hank Azaria has been the voice of the black cartoon character Carlton Carlson. He also was known for voicing Apu, a character which has long been criticized for portraying a racist depiction of an Indian person. Azaria announced in 2017 he would no longer voice the character.

Harry Shearer voices the black character Dr. Julius M. Hibbert, one of several characters he voices, including Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Principal Skinner, Ned Flanders, Reverend Lovejoy and Kent Brockman.

 

[SidViscous]

What about the yellow ones?

 

[and 3 others]

Smithers voice actor gay as well?

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

Well they already bent the knee to Disney so I guess I'm not suprised.

 

[Cravis]

Fuck off Simpsons, you haven’t been relevant since 95-96.

 

[drganon]

Just end the simpsons already.

 

[LordCBH]

We live in the most idiotic timeline.

 

[Coolwhhip]

Hiring based on race next? That's racist.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

They are trying so hard to make a difference.

Apu is saved

 

[O-N-E]

Damn, when's Kratos gonna get cancelled?

 

[Cravis]

Looks like Mike Henry is stepping down from voicing Cleveland on Family Guy as well.

 

[J-Roderton]

This year man...

 

[JordanN]

Does this apply to genders too?

Bart was always voiced by a woman. As well as several others. Where's the outrage?

 

[Thing on a Spring]

I've got seasons one to ten on my hard drive and I'll fight for them. Keep the rest.

 

[Nymphae]

lol they're hiring extra regular cast members to do impressions of 30 year old unique voices from actors who are also still on the show.

 

[Coolwhhip]

Can someome with a brown skin voice a white character in this new crazy world?

 

[IfuckinghateReddit]

Retarded.

 

[lifa-cobex]

I noticed the guy who does Cleveland Brown Has stepped down too.

I've no idea about the ratio to how many black VA's are around but I don't know too many other than the really famous ones.
So either this will all work fine and life carry's on or...
You get less quality black VA's to fill in the roles whom have less experience or talent.
Or you get less Black characters in games, cartoons as to no available VA's to be able to fill the roles.
The famous, experienced black VA's get swarmed with work which mean you can't fill all the black roles in other productions or the Black VA's can charge a small fortune for their services which will lead to less small scale shows just starting out.

Or I'm talking out my ass.

 

[Coolwhhip]

What if you are mixed race? Can you then do voices of black AND white characters? Talk about making bank!!!

 

[Frogman_676]

nuuuuuuuuu

but apu...!

 

[Woo-Fu]

That's racial discrimination.

 

[Stouffers]

We’ve lost Cleveland again?

 

[cryptoadam]

Can you imagine trying to understand you lost you job because of the color of your skin in 2020.

 

[VibratingPeripheral]

What if you are mixed race? Can you then do voices of black AND white characters? Talk about making bank!!!

Jenny Slate has an opinion.

 

[MasterCornholio]

WTF?

 

[badblue]

Does this apply to genders too?

Bart was always voiced by a woman. As well as several others. Where's the outrage?

Gender is a social construct, there for some one of any gender can voice anyone provided that they identify as a woman.

 

[brap]

The Simps

 

[Coolwhhip]

Young boy lives matter.

think that will catch on?

 

[quickwhips]

Cool so black people can voice yellow people still right? Thank goodness for a second i thought racism was going to be over.

 

[MiyazakiHatesKojima]

The Simps

Underrated post.

 

[nikolino840]

Isn't the more logic solution?

 

[carlosrox]

 

[nush]

What about the yellow ones?

Asian cast now.

 

[Bullet Club]

What's going to happen with Bob's Burgers, 2 men playing female characters? Tsk tsk!

 

[triplestation]

laugh and grow fat

 

[Stiflers Mom]

Can someome with a brown skin voice a white character in this new crazy world?

You know the answer.

 

[dorkimoe]

Can someome with a brown skin voice a white character in this new crazy world?

Absolutely. If not that would be racist obviously

 

[Eiknarf]

Family Guy too

Mike Henry no longer going to voice Cleveland

‘Family Guy’ Star Mike Henry Will No Longer Play Cleveland Brown

He is now the latest white actor to announce they will no longer voice a character of color on an animated show.

variety.com

 

[haxan7]

Why hasn’t Rick and Morty tried to bend the knee to BLM yet? Is it because they are pure and holy, never offending the sacred coloreds, or because they are current and successful and don’t need to hide in rat holes?

The world may never know.

 

[MetalAlien]

I want you to hang up call back and say the opposite of everything you just said...

"This is a hugely important topic that doesn't waste any man hours and isn't demeaning to all human kind."

 

[Foamy]

People losing their jobs because of skin color. Not racist at all.

 

[Foamy]

I predict a massive backlash from all this BLM/woke bullshit There's going to be a skinhead movement 2.0 and it's going to be much bigger than the first time.
In the words of Luke Skywalker "This is not going to go the way that you think".

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Does this apply to genders too?

Bart was always voiced by a woman. As well as several others. Where's the outrage?

None. Women and minorities need to get protected because society deems they are too dumb and useless, so they need one-sided policies to help prop up their earning potential. lol

Way to support stereotypes Simpsons.

And you'd think in the year 2020, it would be a natural progression of self reliance: Slavery/clamp down --> things open up with those laws struck down --> Women can vote --> segregation abolished --> affirmative action stuff to artificially prop up people a bit as generations a few branches down the family tree still need some help --> everyone can now forge ahead on their own...... oh wait, let's implement cancel culture and policies even more one-sided than AA

What progress! lol

 

[Paracelsus]

This is the only Simpson-related thing worth watching in MMXX A.D.

 

[BaneIsPain]

Kindly end or cancel the Simpsons. I am waiting who will voice Kang and Kodos?

 

[Mistake]

The answer is simple, just identify as the color of your choice and get the job

 

[Grinchy]

I think this is all of Hank Azaria's characters, though maybe this list is missing some:

That's a lot of random voices they will have to farm out. And will he do voices like Dr. Nick? Is it racist if it's a foreigner and Azaria isn't from that country but is mocking the accent?

 

[Greedings]

The simpsons is still running?!?

 

[The Bloody-Nine]

The simpsons is still running?!?

Sure. They've been running it into the ground for years.

 

[Coolwhhip]

This might be a good move actually. Woke people usually have no sense of humour and The Simpsons is not funny, so it's a good match.