White voice actors will no longer portray characters of color on both cartoons, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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As The New York Times reports, Azaria announced in February that he was stepping down from the role after criticism stemming from a 2017 documentary, The Problem With Apu.
Fellow Simpsons voice actor Harry Shearer has also played Black characters, particularly Simpsons’ family physician Dr. Hibbert.
As for Family Guy, which is 18 seasons into its run, voice actor Mike Henry announced via Twitter that he was ending his run of voicing Cleveland Brown, the show’s main Black character.
This is the latest of a series of announcements from animated shows that White actors would step down from voicing diverse characters.
