It Led To Unintentional Increased Diversity in Animation

Hank Azaria, who played the voice of Apu in recent years, left the position as a result of the character's intense controversy (though not the show where he voices many other characters as well). This caused a wave of other voice performers to renounce their roles as the characters they played for the same reason.

Azaria was a white actor who voiced characters who belonged to underrepresented groups, as were Jenny Slate from Big Mouth and Mike Henry from Family Guy. Real performers of color were hired for many of the roles as a result of their voluntary resignation from their positions following some public outcry regarding the racial disparity in voice roles.

The comedian Hari Kondabolu's documentary, The Problem with Apu, which examined how growing up with the character of Apu and the preconceptions that went along with it for almost 30 years had an important influence on a lot of this shift.