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It will get worse.

Apu appears to be a Dravidian, a dark skinned South Indian. So the next evolution of this parsing of voice over roles will be prohibiting an Aryan, a light skinned North Indian, from voicing him. And certainly not a Kashmiri or a Bangala.

More generally, producers will have to pin down where their non-white characters come from. Will a young Chinese character be from mainland China, Taiwan (no, that place doesn’t exist), Hong Kong or is he or she US-born? If US-born, does their English reflect they went to CalTech or Harvard? (Because they are all wickedly smart.)

Is the actor/actress portraying the Hispanic properly vetted to ensure their accent reflects the specific origin of the character? Ditto for black actors; island characters require island origins to speak with an authentic accent. Can’t have a Barbadian attempting to pass for a Jamaican. And certainly not a white Jamaican trying to voice a black Jamaican part - even though the patois is the same.

Of course, this also could be applied to white actors. Well, no. Whites in the US (and more generally) are all inherent racists and everybody knows racists speak with the uneducated grammar and accent of either the Midwest or South. Yes, except for “Ally” whites. They, on the other hand, are all educated and come from the Northeast or Northwest. Or, better yet, Canada. No taint of slavery on them if they are from the woke liberal north.

It will become pointless for actors to study accents because everyone will be typecast according to their race. Everyone must stay in their race lane. That’s the way to eliminate racism.

When you sow the wind, you will reap the whirlwind.

Do not expect leaders, Hollywood, Broadway, politicians, etc., to lead on this one. Their spines have been removed.