Childish Gambino - This is America (Official Video)

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Man the video adds made context to the song.

Basically shows the chaos of america and the video depicts how black people and culture are used as a distraction. 1st murder was from what appeared to be a lone crazed gun man, but it was quickly covered up and the shuckin and jivin started and forgotten quick while chaos goes on in the back ground you focus on the black kids in the front dancing and singing, then it escalates to mass murders at our churches with an semi automatic weapon and quick back to the shuckin and jivin again and you quickly forget about it while being distracted by these kids dancing and not saying nothing with a bunch of add libs.

:mindblown:

Great video

Song is dope also
I love how its low key a shot at current rap while using current rappers and trends.

:gucci:That makes no sense. What does it mean to dramatize (and make artistic) violence against black bodies? When all of those incidents you mentioned were done by cacs.

:patrice:How does this video make any call to action? If his intent is what you stated, what’s really at stake and who is he really making this “art” for?
 

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:gucci:That makes no sense. What does it mean to dramatize (and make artistic) violence against black bodies? When all of those incidents you mentioned were done by cacs.

:patrice:How does this video make any call to action? If his intent is what you stated, what’s really at stake and who is he really making this “art” for?

This is America :yeshrug:


I feel like it’s all inclusive and Donald is suppose to represent America “get yo money black man”

I feel like there even more to it than that but I don’t have the time to deep dive like that atm
 
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