On May 6th, Donald Glover under the alter ego name of Childish Gambino released the video accompaniment to This Is America, a song that was first heard by the public earlier that evening in a live performance on SNL. After only six days on the internet, it has already received over 87 million views. His video has been deemed one of the most controversial expressions of the first amendment of our time seeing as he tackles gun violence, our ignorance to media, and even the apocalypse as death dawning a black cloak rides by him on a white horse.
His video is absolutely filled with "hidden" messages from the old confederate uniform pants he wears to the church choir he mows down with a machine gun in reference to the Charleston church shooting seen in 2015. His video is a statement on how we revere firearms shown whenever he shoots someone as he places the gun on a piece of red cloth in a reverend fashion. The dancers behind him, African American children, are smiling throughout the video representing both how black children are used to seeing violence or how we are all ignorant to the truth. Either way, this masterpiece by Childish Gambino brilliantly and creatively tackles many current issues all at once and rather successfully.
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