Chuck Lorre's New CBS Sitcom Slammed for Handling of Afghan Character

Words can no longer describe this insanity.

OH GREAT...JUST WAIT UNTIL MY DAD HERES ABOUT THIS...HE LOVES ALL CHUCK LORRE'S SHOWS TO A REALLY WEIRD LEVEL...HE IS ALSO A MEAN OLD HIPPIE AND BORDERLINE RACIST.🤔

the wokeness will cancel everything soon...

I just watched the pilot episode. I don't think it is racist or offensive at all. The Afghan character is likeable. The show is moderately amusing and has potential.

Adhir Kalyan is ethnic Indian, and is racially the same as Afghan and Persian.

Commentary: Why the controversy around ‘United States of Al’ is overblown
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-04-01/the-united-states-of-al-icbs-trailer-controversy-commentary

The series follows veteran Riley (Parker Young) and his brother-in-arms, Afghan interpreter Awalmir, or Al (Adhir Kalyan). The men served alongside each other against the Taliban. Now Al has made his way to the U.S. with Riley’s help and both are living in Riley’s father’s Ohio home, trying to carve out their new, postwar lives. They are an odd couple: Al is hyper-competent and unapologetically dorky while Riley is goodhearted and less ambitious, presenting like a hunky male model. Each is the yin to the other’s yang, helping and annoying each other. But their perilous time on the battlefield is nothing compared to the tightrope these characters walk between cancel culture and mainstream comedy.

show has its moments but they don't handle the afghan part correctly according to what the story line is sad his wife doesn't understand the horrors of war but some one from another country does