Is Apu's character from The Simpsons racist/insensitive or....

I agree with you. The PC these days is ridiculous.

PC rubbish, they'll be getting rid of Groundskeeper Willie and that Mexican Bee next.

And while we're at it, I'm offended that although they show a black man in a mostly positive light (Dr. Hibbard), he's also prone to stupid giggles, questionable bedside manner, and ugly sweaters...

We should ban all TV and movies forever and ever and then some lest we offend those more sensitive, sophisticated, and more intelligent than the average viewer.

Run amok is putting it mildly. All of a sudden, after 30 years Apu is somehow offensive because the accent is exaggerated for comediac value? All accents are exaggerated this way for humor, whether the accent be Indian, Scottish, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Japanese, Canadian, New England, New York, Southern US, or Fargo, ND. It may seem small, but people who believe these things to be offensive are ruining the world, and the internet is allowing this crackpot minority to have a voice louder than they deserve.