Race Analysis - The Simpsons

The Simpsons is the longest running animated show of all time and throughout their 26 seasons stretching all the way back to 1987 they have had some racist and controversial moments.  One black character in the show is Doctor Hibbert who portrays an African American doctor.  It is a racist character because every time he talks he sounds like Cliff Huxtable.  Does every black doctor have to sound like Cliff, a black doctor from the Crosby show, that is the stereotype now for black doctors. There is also racism towards Carl, a black, white color worker, who works at a nuclear power plant with one of the main characters, Homer.  Carl's best friend is Lenny, a white character who has the same life as Carl basically.  They do everything together and show that race isn't an issue when it comes to friendship. Especially in today's society with the tension between white and black people.  There are also times were they create racism though.  In the Simpsons movie, the mayor in the town announces that the town was in some sort of problem and he uses the words code black, in which Lenny responds," Black? That's the worst color there is. No offence Carl."  Carl responds," I get it all the time."  Carl's response is almost worse then what Lenny said.  The fact that Carl acts as if its normal shows it happens occasionally and it doesn't bother him when it really should.

Also I would like to bring up the fact the all the white characters are yellow in the show.  Why are other races not yellow.  Carl and Doctor Hibbert are black, Apu is Indian, and the Bumblebee man is hispanic.  The smurfs are all blue, there is no other color, so why do the Simpsons characters different based of race. If the white people are yellow then everyone should be yellow, if the white people were actually white like in Family guy then it would make sense, but in the Simpsons every character should be yellow.  Besides the black characters in the show there are also a lot of other racist characters, Groundskeeper Willie, an angry Scotsman, Bumblebee Man, a clumsy Hispanic, Fat Tony, an Italian mobster, there is also Mario and his brother Luigi, and last but not least Apu Nahasapeemapetilon(actual spelling) the Indian store clerk who works 72 hour shifts.  There are many racist characters and episodes in the Simpsons and they are all fun until people bring them into real life.