Bill Maher thinks there is too much apologizing in America.

He made this head-scratching assertion on a recent episode of his eponymous HBO show in response to the online backlash against director Lin-Manuel Miranda for casting light-skinned Latinos in leading roles for the screen adaptation of the Broadway musical “In the Heights.” The movie is based on the real-life New York City neighborhood Washington Heights, which boasts a community largely made up of Afro-Latinos.

Miranda seemed to take the complaints to heart and offered a fulsome apology, noting, “I can hear the hurt and frustration over colorism, of feeling still unseen.” He expressed appreciation for the feedback and promised to do better in the