I always thought Apu was one of the best supporting characters. If you want to be offended by any character on the Simpsons, pick one. They’re all pretty outrageous...even goody-two-shoes Lisa.
And nobody cares that Bart is voiced by a woman? Or that those two goofy aliens aren’t voiced by actual goofy aliens???
I don’t. But I don’t care that Apu was voiced by a “white” guy (Azaria) and the character’s wife was once voiced by the late Jan Hooks, either.
Times are incredibly, absurdly good when we’re down to complaining about the ethnicity of who voices cartoon (i.e., illustrated!!!) characters!