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The Simpsons further moves its cast closer to its characters — at least where identity’s concerned.
Last June, I covered the cartoon’s major announcement: It would replace all white actors who’d been playing nonwhite roles.
As I wrote at the time, “If you’re a white actor hoping to play a Brazilian on
The Simpsons, I’m sorry, but the outlook is glum.”
The show had made clear it would no longer hire any Caucasians to play characters of a different race, and it would undertake the task of giving certain employees the boot: