Producers Of “The Simpsons” Will No Longer Allow White Actors To Voice Characters Of Color

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30 Rock and Golden Girls have been pulled from streaming services for (though the jury is definitely on that GG example), it seems like a more urgent transformation is happening in the world of animated TV. So far, , , Family Guy, and more shows are starting to answer for casting white actors as characters of color.

Fox has released a statement on casting for non-white characters on “The Simpsons.”“Moving forward, ‘The Simpsons’ will no longer have white actors voice non-white characters,” the network said Friday.The move comes as several television shows have pulled episodes featuring blackface from their streaming platforms, and amid a nation dealing with controversial depictions of race on TV and film.On “The Simpsons,” Hank Azaria has been the voice of the black cartoon character Carlton Carlson.

The Simpsons is the latest show to make big changes to its cast amid ongoing protests and a reckoning in and over acts of systemic racism and white supremacy. Over the last 30 years, the has used white actors to play a number of characters of color including Apu, Carl, Dr. Hibbert, Lou the policeman, Judge Snyder, and Akira.

The Simpsons and Family Guy plan to recast white actors who previously voiced characters of color on the long-running Fox animated sitcoms.“Moving forward, The Simpsons will no longer have white actors voice non-white characters,” the network said in a statement to TVLine on Friday, June 26.Meanwhile, Mike Henry, a white voice actor, tweeted on Friday that he will stop playing Cleveland Brown on Family Guy.“It’s been an honor to play Cleveland on Family Guy for 20 years.

The Simpsons have announced that they will no longer be using white actors to voice people of colour on the show.“Moving forward, The Simpsons will no longer have white actors voice non-white characters,” the producers said in a short statement.This week has seen a number of white actors stepping down from animated roles in which they play those of a different race.Earlier this week white actor Jenny Slate announced that she would no longer be playing biracial character Missy in the Netflix

The Simpsons will no longer feature white actors voicing non-white characters, network Fox has said.

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Cornerstone animated shows “Family Guy” and “The Simpsons” are doing away with white voice actors voicing characters of colour.

The Simpsons is the latest animated show to publicly declare that it will no longer employ white actors to voice non-white characters. The decision comes in the same week that Jenny Slate and Kristen Bell stepped away from playing their biracial characters on Big Mouth and Apple TV+'s Central Park, respectively.

that he would step away from the Fox sitcom as the longtime voice of the Black character Cleveland Brown.Also Read: 'Family Guy' Actor Mike Henry Will No Longer Voice Black CharacterThis is not the first time “The Simpsons” has had to reckon with race in voice casting.

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Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorFox has released a statement on casting for non-white characters on The Simpsons.“Moving forward, The Simpsons will no longer have white actors voice non-white characters,” the network said Friday.The move comes as several television shows have pulled episodes featuring blackface from their streaming platforms, and amid a nation dealing with controversial depictions of race on TV and film.On The Simpsons, Hank Azaria has been the voice of the black cartoon

Will Thorne Staff Writer“The Simpsons” won’t have any repeats of Hank Azaria voicing Apu.The producers behind the show issued a statement saying that from now on, characters of color will be voiced by actors of color only.“Moving forward, ‘The Simpsons’ will no longer have white actors voice non-white characters,” the statement read.News of the decision comes less than an hour after Mike Henry announced he will no longer voice the character of Cleveland Brown on fellow Fox comedy series “Family

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