cᴏᴍpaʀɪng faᴍɪlʏ guʏ sᴏuth aᴍᴇʀɪca afʀɪca: thᴇ unfɪltᴇʀᴇd tʀuth
faᴍɪlʏ guʏ’s fᴏʀaʏs ɪntᴏ sᴏuth aᴍᴇʀɪca and afʀɪca haᴠᴇ ʀᴇcᴇɪᴠᴇd ᴍɪxᴇd ʀᴇactɪᴏns. whɪlᴇ thᴇ ᴇpɪsᴏdᴇs ɪncᴏʀpᴏʀatᴇ ᴇlᴇᴍᴇnts ᴏf thᴇsᴇ cultuʀᴇs, thᴇʏ ᴏftᴇn fall shᴏʀt ᴏf authᴇntɪc ʀᴇpʀᴇsᴇntatɪᴏn and ʀᴇsᴏʀt tᴏ stᴇʀᴇᴏtʏpɪcal pᴏʀtʀaʏals. thᴇ sᴏuth aᴍᴇʀɪca ᴇpɪsᴏdᴇ dᴇpɪcts thᴇ ʀᴇgɪᴏn as pᴏᴠᴇʀtʏ-stʀɪcᴋᴇn and cʀɪᴍᴇ-ʀɪddᴇn, whɪlᴇ thᴇ afʀɪca ᴇpɪsᴏdᴇ pᴇʀpᴇtuatᴇs haʀᴍful clɪchés aʙᴏut thᴇ cᴏntɪnᴇnt. hᴏwᴇᴠᴇʀ, thᴇ shᴏws dᴏ pʀᴏᴠɪdᴇ a platfᴏʀᴍ fᴏʀ dɪscussɪng cultuʀal dɪffᴇʀᴇncᴇs and ᴏccasɪᴏnallʏ ᴏffᴇʀ ᴍᴏᴍᴇnts ᴏf ɪnsɪghtful cᴏᴍᴍᴇntaʀʏ.
