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Arun Venugopal, who shared how critical it is for South Asian Americans to understand our history in this country and of the power of cultural competence, is a journalist and host of Micropolis on WNYC. You can follow him@arunNYC.
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Aditi Natasha Kini, who moderated the panel, is an essayist and multimedia artist whose work has appeared in Jezebel, Vice, Teen Vogue, and Bitch. Follow her @nansequiturs.
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Check out photos, video, and social media recaps of the event!
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At Sakhi, we see creating community spaces to engage with critical social justice issues as an intrinsic part of our work and advocacy. We hope you enjoyed this discussion and will continue to think about and explore issues of representation, appropriation, Desi movement-building, and more! If you’re interested in learning more about Sakhi and how you can get involved, please email .
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Join Sakhi for South Asian Women for a special screening of comedian Hari Kondabolu’s documentary “The Problem with Apu” followed by a panel discussion on South Asian representation in media and more!
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ABOUT THE FILM:
The Problem with Apu is a 2017 documentary film written by and starring comedian Hari Kondabolu, produced and directed by Michael Melamedoff. Kondobolu interviews celebrities of South Asian descent about the character Apu Nahasapeemapetilonfrom the animated sitcom The Simpsons. When the show first aired in 1989, Apu was the only figure of South Asian heritage to appear regularly on mainstream American television. In The Problem with Apu, Kondabolu and his peers assert that Apu portrays negative stereotypes of South Asians that were picked up and parroted by non-Indian people in the form of racial microaggressions and slurs against people of Indian and South Asian heritage.
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PANELISTS:
Ahmed Ali Akbar is a writer and host of the critically-acclaimed BuzzFeed News podcast See Something Say Something, a show about the many ways to be an American Muslim. He writes about American Muslim culture, nostalgia, the immigrant experience, video games and more. Follow him on Twitter Rad Brown Dads
Arun Venugopal is a reporter and the host of Micropolis, WNYC’s ongoing examination of race, sexuality and identity. Arun is a regular contributor to NPR’s Morning Edition and All Things Considered. He has appeared on PBS Newshour, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, On the Media and Studio 360, and has been published in The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal and Salon. His commentary on Indian-American issues has appeared in the New York Times, the New York Post and the Associated Press. Follow him on Twitter @ArunNYC
Krutika Mallikarjuna is the Features Editor at TV Guide. You can find her work all over the internet (including BuzzFeed, Inverse, and Teen Vogue), but her best writing is on Twitter (@krutika) after she’s drunkenly watched Bend It Like Beckham for the millionth time at 3am. Intersectional representation is the hill she will die on.
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This screening + panel discussion will take place Wednesday, January 31st, at the Time, Inc. theater at Brookfield Place at 6PM in lower Manhattan. Tickets are $10.
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TICKETS AVAILABLE ON EVENTBRITE
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