That's what you got out of it? I thought he touched on quite a few American subjects. Look at what's going on in the background. Suicide attempts, druggies m..
It's from the perspective of a black man though. He can't hide who he is
Childish Gambino - This is America (Official Video)
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That's what you got out of it? I thought he touched on quite a few American subjects. Look at what's going on in the background. Suicide attempts, druggies m..
It's from the perspective of a black man though. He can't hide who he is
You can’t listen to this song on its own.
It’s not terrible. But it’s not a good song by any stretch of the imagination. He arguably says nothing lyrically.
PAY ATTENTION!!
It’s “Behold a pale horse” not a pale white horse lol
The white horse and The pale horse are two different symbolic images relating to the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse in the book of revelations
I like the video but these stretches and forced double meanings are what give me pause about praising DG execution of whatever his overall point was supposed to be ... nikkas were in here talking about Trayvon Martin dad in the video yalll this hella deep!!! LMAO
Yo it’s ok to just say you don’t understand something sometimes instead of presenting these concocted left field theories like they are stone cold fact ... especially with such a clearly abstract piece of art that he just gave us ...
Personally my issue isn’t the video as I think it helps expound on his point tremendously especially considering how sparse the lyrics are ... and that’s my issue with breaking this down ... I feel like he’s trying to make a grand statement on the Roman like debilitating “Bread and Circuses” phenomenon that’s happening in our country right now ..but he just doesn’t really say anything LYRICALLY inspiring or poignant enough to make this really resonate with me
Idk if he purposely made the lyrics choppy and abrupt just as a thematic thing to emulate all of these new “flow rappers” that he features on the hook in order to be “ironic” or if he just didn’t have the right words to say to make his point more fleshed out and deafening
Either way I do fukk with any artist trying to push the boundaries of creativity and using social commentary to do so ... so S/O TO DG the nikka is trying to shake shyt up and I likes that
Just more black pain porn.
“Look at us!”
Aiiiight B. We get it from Atlanta enough.
What did this show us?
The concept is barely new.
Look I like Childish Gambino...but this ain’t it.
I agree with 1000% of what you said.It’s “Behold a pale horse” not a pale white horse lol
The white horse and The pale horse are two different symbolic images relating to the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse in the book of revelations
I like the video but these stretches and forced double meanings are what give me pause about praising DG execution of whatever his overall point was supposed to be ... nikkas were in here talking about Trayvon Martin dad in the video yalll this hella deep!!! LMAO
Yo it’s ok to just say you don’t understand something sometimes instead of presenting these concocted left field theories like they are stone cold fact ... especially with such a clearly abstract piece of art that he just gave us ...
Personally my issue isn’t the video as I think it helps expound on his point tremendously especially considering how sparse the lyrics are ... and that’s my issue with breaking this down ... I feel like he’s trying to make a grand statement on the Roman like debilitating “Bread and Circuses” phenomenon that’s happening in our country right now ..but he just doesn’t really say anything LYRICALLY inspiring or poignant enough to make this really resonate with me
Idk if he purposely made the lyrics choppy and abrupt just as a thematic thing to emulate all of these new “flow rappers” that he features on the hook in order to be “ironic” or if he just didn’t have the right words to say to make his point more fleshed out and deafening
Either way I do fukk with any artist trying to push the boundaries of creativity and using social commentary to do so ... so S/O TO DG the nikka is trying to shake shyt up and I likes that
It tries too hard and fails.
Solange wouldn’t even attempt this.
PAY ATTENTION!!
So anything you throw in the video makes it worth it?
Some of y’all need higher standards.
It’s sloppy.
His dance moves are crispy tho
Symbolism should work for its sake, not for the sake of irony.
Some of y’all are too much 
I understand the references, but he was clearly very black on his way to the killings. And the song is called America. So from what I can see he's seemingly saying that black people are part of and even the cause of the problem.
I get that, but even this is kinda a stereotype. Black people don't react just one way. Most of us aren't dancing through the streets without a care. That's something you hear racist cacs saying about blacks.
Kinda my thoughts as well.
Don't get what other people are seeing so great here(obviously cacs gone marvel at any depiction of black folks shukin and Jiving and killing
). From what I can see here the imagery is misguided at best and downright c00nery at worst.
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Inspire.
song is ehh but the visuals are amazing.
This is one of the best videos I've ever seen.
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No. You can't really divorce the symbolism from the visual. Art is a concept from the title, visuals, colors, etc. People will bring their own viewpoints but concepts are defended by how well the entire picture holds together against those critiques.
Nolan's TDK is very specifically about Bush era tactics. Yeah, you can apply those same symbols used to Obama or Clinton because they aren't new, but the movie as a whole is specifically referencing where we as a society are and what we were willing to do for protection.
I didn't mean our reaction as black people. I mean Americans. All of us. Latino, black, white, Asian. Entertainment is dancing, movies, tv. We are watching him as the violence happens elsewhere. The next school shooting isn't going to stop Star Wars IX from making 200 million if it happens on the same weekend. The violence will be "pushed to the side."
Saturday Night Live didn't happen the weekend after 9/11. The same can't be said for Ferguson, Charleston, or any other act of violence like them cause we rely on those distractions.