Brownface

The character's thick Indian accent, voiced by a white male, and the fact that he works at a convenience store were the two main issues addressed by Kondabolu.

Today, federal efforts to decrease immigration from Mexico have helped inadvertently to reinforce stereotypes about Mexicans as being lazy, criminal, and unwelcome.

The Bracero program let more Mexican laborers into the country, propelled the war effort, and fueled both the United States' and Mexico's economies.

As economic and social factors during this time encouraged nativism and a shunning of the foreign, the increased immigration from Latin America and India led to the success of these types of shows.

Brownface was used in these shows to reinforce stereotypes, portraying brown people as lazy, stubborn, and unable to assimilate into American life.

José Jiménez was portrayed as a Hispanic man incapable of meeting 'American' traditions and values, struggling to learn English, and appearing lazy and untrustworthy.

[32] In 2015, the American cooking television host Paula Deen posted a picture of her son in brownface to her Twitter account.

Her son was pictured wearing a layer of dark makeup on his face and neck in an effort to make him look like the Cuban character.

Saturday Night Live alum Rob Schneider, who has a Filipino grandmother, has been criticized for playing a Middle Eastern delivery man in Big Daddy, an East Asian minister in I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, an East Asian waiter in Eight Crazy Nights, a Latino in The Waterboy, a native Hawaiian in 50 First Dates, a Palestinian cab driving terrorist in You Don't Mess With the Zohan and a Saudi Prince in Click.

Television shows like Master of None, discussed below, and others are helping to shatter racist stereotypes and other contributors to brownface and brown voice.

Aziz Ansari, an Indian American actor and director, along with Alan Yang, wrote and produced a television show called Master of None.

[citation needed] Indian Americans have typically been portrayed in media for comedic purposes, such as the character Apu in The Simpsons.

The episode of Master of None, "Indians on TV", specifically focused on white actors using make up to play dark-skinned characters.