from "brockmire" and of course, "the simpsons," the fantastic hank azaria is my guest.lus, the host of the popular podcast "justice in america," josie duffy rice will be here. but first, "a closer look. the trump administration has decided to just move on from the coronavirus pandemic and pretend it's over, even though, in reality, it's still here, and getting worse. for more on this, it's time for "a closer look." ♪ >> seth: the nation has obviously been focused on the weeks of sustained mass demonstrations against systemic racism and police brutality. but, at the same time, the pandemic is still here, it hasn't gone anywhere the coronavirus is like my copy of "the thorn birds. it hasn't been on my side table for a few weeks, but that doesn't mean it was gone forever. it was just off camera and now it's back. but i can promise you what's not back is labored bits where i add books or change the titles and, look, there was never a good time to have the world's dumbest man as president, but the timing could not be worse right now as the country faces some of its weighties

mr azaria said earlier this year he was stepping down from the role.the wake of the black lives matter protests, sparked by the death of african—american george floyd. two years ago, entertainment journalist piya sinha—roy wrote an article for entertainment weekly about the problems caused by stereotyping south asians. i got her reaction a short while ago to the simpsons' decision. i think this is very long overdue. and it's needed, it's amazing to me how animation which is actually free from perhaps a lot of the restrictions that are put on live action, how animation is still overwhelmingly white and male behind the scenes. and so it always seemed crazy to me that apu, one of the only representations of south asians in western tv through the ‘90s, was voiced by a white man who did a caricature of him and put on a very fake accent for him and that became the norm associated with south asians. so this is very long overdue, and while it is frustrating it's taken so long, i'm glad to see change is happening. how damaging do you think that stereotype has b

earlier this year azaria announced he would stop voicing the character.he show will recast the voice actors. >> i appreciate your attempt at that last name. we all know apu. >> we all know apu. i could have just stopped there. >> i know. >>> well, just ahead, a local group of new high school grads got to cheer on their classmates tonight in a whole new way. >> check it out, they made it onto the big screen with a big assist from the san jose earthquakes. we'll explain, ahead. >>> and i'm meteorologist drew tuma tracking much cooler weather for the second half of our weekend here's what we want everyone to do. count all the hugs you haven't given. all the hands you haven't held. all the dinners you didn't share with friends. the trips you haven't taken. keep track of them. each one means one less person vulnerable, one less person exposed, and one step closer to a healthier community. so for now, keep your distance. but don't lose count. we'll have some catching up to do. >>> in the south bay, two groups met up in san jose to launch a convoy to help farm w

hank azaria has announced he will stop voicing a character.he show will recast the voice actors. >> eric, you practiced his last name during the commercial break, didn't you? >> now what would make you think that? >> nice try. >>> coming up, a local group of new high school grads got to cheer on their classmates in a whole new way. >>> check it out, they made it onto the big screen with a big assist from the san jose earthquakes. we'l explain that straight ahead. >>> and if you were tired of our hotter temperatures, you will like what's ahead in your accuweather forecast. >>> coming up in sports, the pga tour implements new rules for entering the bubble. plus with baseball season about a month away, brandon belt of the giants tells us w >>> in the east bay a class of engineers in oakland have designed face shields to be donated to hospitals across the country. madison park academy students created more than 700 face shields on 3-d printers as a way to give back during the pandemic. they did it with the help of 3-d printing friends, which has a

years of criticism for its portrayal of the indian convenience store clock are proof why back to hank azaria stepped down from that role this year there hasn't outlined any specific changes for other characters there and changes also coming on another major american cartoon family guy actor mike henry said he will not voice the character of cleveland brown anymore saying persons of color should play characters of color he's also voiced in the teen or made character well earlier i spoke to kevin powell he's a human rights activist and also wrote the book when we free the world he says they need to be more changes like this across the entertainment industry. i think that you know what we're looking at is the fact that hollywood is recognizing that people color but wolf we left out of the participation of these these these care these these these roles whether their voice overs for an evasion or real roles and not just about black people but also asian people let their people native american people middle eastern people the people of color theory and so there's a record a happening because of ge

faced years of criticisms for its portrayal of the indian convenience store clock i talked to hank azaria stepped down from the bull alley of this year. and change is also coming on another major american cartoon family guy act m i can reset as he won't voice the character of cleveland brown anymore saying persons of color should play characters of color he also had voiced a latino made character kevin powell as a human rights activist and wrote the book i mean we free the world he says there need to be more changes like this across the entertainment industry. i think that you know what we're looking at is the fact that hollywood is recognizing that people of color wolf we left out the participation of these these these carry these these these these role whether their voice overs for animation or real growth and that it's about black people but also asian people let their people native american people who don't eastern people just people of color theory and so there's a record they have to being because of george floyd being killed on videotape and that it's in a minnesota a few weeks bac

it follows january's announcement that the actor hank azaria would no longer voice the indian-american character. other white actors have also said they would stop voicing characters of color. >>> coming up here on "cnn newsroom," workers at one of america's most popular tourist sites rally for safer conditions when they reopen. we'll tell you what they want for disneyland. >>> also the trump campaign changes some plans because of the coronavirus pandemic, but is anything substantial really changing? stay with us for those stories and more after the break. this is an athlete, twenty reps deep, sprinting past every leak in our softest, smoothest fabric. she's confident, protected, her strength respected. depend. the only thing stronger than us, is you. and look, it feels like i'm just wasting time. that's why td ameritrade designed a first-of-its-kind, personalized education center. oh. their award-winning content is tailored to fit your investing goals and interests. and it learns with you, so as you become smarter, so do its recommendations. so it's like my streaming service. well exc

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why is actor hank azaria step down from that role of this year the show hasn't outlined any specific changes for other characters there and changes also coming on another major american cartoon family guy act i'm i can read said he will not voice the character of kievan brown anymore saying persons of color should play characters of color he also voiced a latino made character. i spoke to kevin powell he's a human rights activist and also wrote the book when we free the wild he says there needs to be more changes like this across the entire entertainment industry. i think that you know what we're looking at is the fact that probably would is recognizing that people of color can wolf we left out of the participation of these these these care these these these these roles whether they're voice overs for end of nation for real growth and i'm sort of black people but also asian people let their people native american people who don't eastern people those people call it theory and so there's a record they have to being because of george floyd being killed on videotape and that it's in a m

. >> reporter: and hank azaria on "the simpsons" with dozens of characters finally saying he would stepooklyn deciding who should say what and how but it actually really had affected people over the last 30 years, it was kind of an easy decision to step away. >> reporter: the changes come amid a broader debate over america's history of racial injustice. leading to the removal of confederate monuments around the nation and a reappraisal of past leaders. >> what side of history do you stand on >> reporter: over the weekend, clemson university said it will remove woodrow wilson's name from its public policy school and one of its residential colleges wilson's racism was significant and consequential even by the standards of his own time, wrote the university president citing wilson's segregation of the federal civil service after it had been racially integrated for decades. along with many documented examples of wilson's white supremacist views. new scrutiny on historical symbols and representation from the halls of acidemia to characters created in hollywood. there's even been a push to ma