White Male Privilege is a Myth | Bring Back Apu | Comedy Special

This is my first comedy special, Bring Back Apu, and it truly is special to me. Because somewhere along the line, South Asians started trying to cash in on victimhood currency. Complaining about cartoon characters, people mispronouncing our names, and God knows what else.

But we were raised better than that. Our parents, grandparents, uncles and aunties taught us dominate everything we do, just like they did when they made it here. And it is our privilege to carry that tradition forward. So it's time to end all the victim sh*t and taking our identity back.

I hope you enjoy

Akaash

[TrueBackLash]

Apu was:
- A college graduate
- Able to earn his American citizenship.
- A volunteer firefighter
- A vegetarian and made Lisa a better one by telling her not to judge people.
- The only playable character in Hit and Run outside of the Simpsons family
- A complex character
- A good character

I would have rather they re-cast Apu than just get rid of him.

[lukebarber]

One thing the "cancel Apu" crowd seems to miss is the fact that Apu seems to be the only character in The Simpsons that actually enjoys his job...

[lordthicknipples-gtoq]

It's like Speedy Gonzales, they tried to take him off TV until the Mexican American community said "dude, we love Speedy Gonzales"

[KorokHaze]

Bro Apu is like one of the only stable and reasonable adults on the entire show...

[RedDragonM]

Apu was one the smartest guys on the show, he had 8 kids, a lovely wife, a firebird car, a business owner, has a doctorate in computer science, takes his religon seriously (when homer mocked him about it..Apu was still VERY polite about it.), he's friends with Sir Paul Macartney, builds his own furniture, has a great singing voice, and he's seen as a THREAT???

[Wulf-Edits]

Native american here, i can confirm that we actually LIVE in the blockchain, we only appear when someone throws a single piece of trash on the ground 💀💀

[JorJorIvanovitch]

"Name one thing a white guy isn't allowed to have?"

"An opinion." Lmao. Truth.

[nickpanacci]

Respect for putting out a tight 20 as an independent special instead of selling an hour "special" to a streaming conglomerate. A special should be special, and this work of art exceeds the criteria.

[KR-]

As an indian i love the ending bro
So many are forgetting their roots and becoming entitled even here back in india.

[TurbanTrap]

Thank you for representing us right veer ji ❤️🔥

[CezaMVO]

Akaash went too hard with that ending speech. Really resonated with my mexican heart 🇲🇽 . My mom came here with nothing, has been working ever since I can remember, then one day got deported, guess what she did when she got back? Got right back to work. Unstoppable, let's get it. Make it happen.

[SeanDoesMagic]

I’m soooo stoked about this!! Let’s go!

[Rytin_]

"I don't deserve shit, I get what I earn, I eat what I kill. How quickly we lost that disgusts me, and we need to cut that shit out." - Akaash Singh
Preach bro. Every American should feel this way, no matter what you were born into. Be grateful that we have the opportunity to try and get something. That in itself, is more than most get. So get the fuck out there and earn it.

[WesDaviestravel]

I’m glad I tuned into JRE for this ep. And love all these new YouTube specials

[sammysam]

I always respected Apu's hustle, he was an honest, hard-working man, even as a kid, i could see that

[MedlifeCrisis]

Love it. Apu was my hero growing up, serious! Awesome special, the white privilege bit and the ending minute are especially great 👊🏽

[AidenThorne]

That voting booth joke made me laugh so hard I started tearing up, this is amazing.

[TheRoommatesPodcast]

Sooo excited for this special to have dropped. Akaash, we are truly seeing a star rising before our eyes. Continue to excel and be great. Love you brother.

[abdulkdr_]

That message at the end could apply to all first-generation Americans. We got it easier than our parents and there’s no excuse for us not to take it to the next level💯

[TBustah]

Here’s another one: Apu was a consistent voice of reason. He wasn’t a simpleton in a minstrel show, he was somebody whom many characters turned to for advice because he was knowledgable on a number of topics and one of the few stable adults around. That’s why I knew most of the people complaining about him probably hadn’t actually seen much of him in action. He owns a convenience store? That’s a harmful stereotype? I’m busting my ass working minimum wage (or less) at one of the few jobs in this shitty border town I’m qualified to do (options are severely limited when you don’t know Spanish), owning a convenience store sounds like a DREAM!