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why we need better portrayals of people of colour on television

  • Written by Sukhmani Khorana, Senior Lecturer (Media and Culture), University of Wollongong
why we need better portrayals of people of colour on televisionAfter 28 years on screen, the controversial character of Apu is set to be written out of The Simpsons. 20th Century Fox

This piece is part of a series on race and racism in Australia. The series examines this complex and incendiary topic, and the role it plays in contemporary Australia. You can read the rest of the series here and here.

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