why this simpsons/7-11 business is messed up

[republic_of_roh]

I tuned in last night to watch the Paula Zahn Now segment on the Simpsons movie promotion in which they are turning 7-Elevens into Kwik-E-Marts, and was very disappointed

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[xeroeeva]

If a gunman holds up a 7-Eleven store and sees a South Asian man behind the counter, and thinks of him as “just an Apu” instead of an actual human being with friends and family and hopes and dreams and feelings, it makes it that much easier to pull the trigger, doesn’t it?

[momo15]

I actually went to a "kwiki mart" in La last week and was taken aback when I saw the only South Asian man there had written "Apu" on his name tag :-(