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 series Big Mouth.
Shortly afterwards, Kristen Bell left her role as a mixed race character on new Apple TV+ animated show Central Park.Yesterday, actor Mike Henry announced that he will no longer be voicing black character Cleveland on Family Guy.“I love.
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