This represent a white Guy who shooted up the churches and murder 13 people

white man and start owning our own business.

My thoughts on this video is good because i think it gives you signs to which your back. And when the kids came out to dance was like a sign to say ya you can look good and have a lot of stuff but someone out there is going to still be after what you got cause it’s what they want . Also this is America many people get away with there crimes so always watch yo back cause either way it go if you are trying to live and help yourself there will always be someone watching you in every set you take.
And if you get cost it’s quiet for you because they not going to help you .they are just going to cover it up for there safety and leave you hopeless.
You not going to get what you needed unless to tell someone or snitch on someone an either which way you still going to get messed over if they don’t get what they want you will suffer cause it’s America.
Also to me his line ‘’Grandma told me Get your money, Black men(Black men)’’..he sayings black instead of sitting down and blaming other people take responsblilty of our actions.

Where could you better set a video called “This is America” than in a parking lot? We define ourselves by our cars. We are willing to pay rent for them. Our day is cheerful if we find the perfect parking spot. And an empty parking lot is the equivalent of an automobile candy store.

What people are doing in America and to cover up there act upon other. And when I say act upon other as in how so many police offers are getting away with killing babies, teenagers, n adults. However,Some of these crimes aren’t solve yet and still increasing day by day because people feel like if you not them they really don’t care unless they get what they want and they are good.

There’s a lot being said here about the black body. CG dances through many types of music (from African to Gospel to contemporary) which allows him to emphasize how his body is moving shirtless. Reminds me of Coates and his argument around how death and abuse of the black body is acceptable because of the white gaze and devaluation of the black body.

The focus on money is made immediately in the video next to lyrics about the party. It could be assumed that the We are the people that CG represents, but perhaps not.

Whoa, the music is beautiful and uplifting then this hooded figure awaiting execution emerges. At this moment it feels clear why we are in this oppressive institutional setting as an execution is about to take place. Who? What? Why?

i feel this could be a slave being killed because of the sack he has over his face and skin color but also it shows a representation of how arican americans feel today. I think they still feel enslaved and undermined by white supremacy which is something that shouldnt be happening in the year 2018 everyone should be equal

This reminds me of the ISIS executions in Syria.

Jim Crow was the name of the laws set during the time of segregation of whites and blacks (people). As Childish Gambino is in this stance he’s aiming a gun at a colored mans head while wearing what seem to be the pants that confederate soldiers wore. Showing the issue of racism is still at hand in America.

he is impersonating a Jim Crow poster that was created back when segregation in America was at it’s worse. I think that the person sitting in the chair with the sack over his face is supposed to be a slave because at first he was playing the guitar & looked happy but then out of nowhere he is wrapped in a sack and shot in the head. Honestly i feel like the guy with the sack on his head is supposed to symbolize how us blacks feel today with the racism, inequality etc. its like we are still enslaved and this shouldn’t be happening in 2018 Untied States of America.

Jim Crow was just a stage name. In this video, he uses the Jim crow pose to depict the system of racial Apartheid that dominated the American South for three quarters of a century beginning in the 1890s. Jim Crow refers to the repressive laws and customs once used to restrict the rights of people of color.

this is in a very important move, this is the jim crow postion, jim crow is a theater character to mock blacks

This tell me that our society is changing everyone pectetive of living and this takes us back to the jim crow law

Many blacks still feel enslaved even after all this time.Many innocent blacks were and are still being killed to this day which is sad because we should all be able to treat eachother equal

Then when i saw him shoot the man with a bag over his head it came to my head that this is what America is really like today.

When he wiped of the gun i thought about the things that happened because that’s how many people don’t get caught because they think that they’re smart but everything soon comes to an end .

People get away with crimes so easily. You can kill someone and wont get introuble. Many blacks were killed for no reason and nothing was done about it.

According to the video, after Gambino shoots the black guy who was wearing the bag over his head. The student drags his body away

Throughout the video his was giving signs and hints that could be naked to the human eye. He even had a message through his background. But the people where to busy look how he turn up and didn’t realize at the beginning of the video he had the left side of his pants leg over his shoes and the right down …why not both up or both down ..why one up and one down ?.
After Childish Gambino shot the man he said,‘’ This is America Don’t catch you slippin’ up’’ and he did a dance as in if got away with the murder. I wonder is he relating this to the many crimes that many police offers got away with.

As he shoots the hooded man (hooded so we don’t know his age, his race, his face) it is clear that the human life he takes has no value to him. But the gun is another matter, to be placed carefully in a red cloth and put away for when next it is wanted.

I think this symbolizes some sort of humanity coming from him, and this is important in the context of this video because of all the problems surrounding him in the background which nobody seems to notice but all this chaos is happening and his way of coping with the issue is just dancing

This shows that non-whites think that black people are uneducated because all the student in this part of the video are wearing the same clothes

Is that relating to the gov. like I wanna know is he playing a role of gov. how they make a plan and people see what they are doing and can’t do nothing about it because they got people covering up for them so they can get away with it.

This cheerful murderer gathers kids behind him, smiling and happy to be part of the dance. I watch how charismatic people draw fans to them no matter how awful they may be. Make America Great Again, follow me!

Black and brown men and women are executed by the police who are a part of the criminal justice system designed to protect all citizens. Black and brown folk seem to be excluded from the citizenry in this here Amerikkka.

Police is a whole other problem that is getting worser and worse by the day. People dont even feel safe with police. Were either victims or criminals

Childish Gambino is trying to show us that there is so much going on in this country & we not even paying attention to it. Everytime there is something big going on in our country we end up getting distracted by something else.

This explains that in the society, we ignore the most pressing issues and concentrate on the less important ones. we are being distracted too easily and don’t focus on the things happening around us; instead we’re more interested in fights between Cardi and Nicki or the new songs travis Scott just released.

This part indicates guerrilla tactics that a member of a small independent group takes part in irregular fighting,typically against regular forces. This explains how citizens of America protest on some racial and social justice issues against the government that oppresses people of color.

One of the many things that Gambino show on this video was how violence are taking over our community and society and how people don’t pay attention to things that are happening now

This line always makes me think of Othello- Iago tells Rodrigo:
Put money in thy purse. Follow thou the wars, defeat thy favor with an usurped beard. I say, put money in thy purse. It cannot be long that Desdemona should continue her love to the Moor—put money in thy purse—nor he his to her. It was a violent commencement in her, and thou shalt see an answerable sequestration—put but money in thy purse. These Moors are changeable in their wills—fill thy purse with money. The food that to him now is as luscious as locusts shall be to him shortly as bitter as coloquintida. She must change for youth. When she is sated with his body she will find the errors of her choice. Therefore, put money in thy purse. If thou wilt needs damn thyself, do it a more delicate way than drowning. Make all the money thou canst. If sanctimony and a frail vow betwixt an erring barbarian and supersubtle Venetian be not too hard for my wits and all the tribe of hell, thou shalt enjoy her. Therefore make money. A pox of drowning thyself! ’Tis clean out of the way. Seek thou rather to be hanged in compassing thy joy than to be drowned and go without her.

He goes on to talk about revenge and hatred of Othello so the idea of money takes on many meanings including being prepared to fight, being ready to buy what’s needed (land), and being armed.

The dancing always distracted me at first when I watched it. I was focused on that but every now and then my eyes would shift to the chaos behind.

I know that was his point to represent all he did. Even the pants he wore I later found out were originally worn by people in the confederate state army.

No matter where, no matter how, get your money. Guns are good business and blood is a small price to pay for good business, or so it seems.

this is a representation what happened in charleston where a choir got shot in the church.

This tell that the church shooting really had impact the people’s thinking. I remember…

He was symbolizing the shooting that happen not to long ago when the guy shot up the chruch.

This connects to the mass shooting in Charleston Church. where Dylann Roof, a 21 yr old white supremacist murdered nine African-Americans during a prayer service. Moreover, you notice how the gun is being handled with special care while the bodies just lie there.

Innocent people get killed everyday. Living regular lives. This shows how violent america is. You never know when you could go.

In this clip as the lyrics “Won’t catch you slipping up” plays; Gambino shoots an entire choir then carefully hands the gun off. Out of this I’m gathering that as long as you handle the weapon correctly and fled the scene you can get away with murder no matter how many you killed or where you killed.

i think this is to show how much america cares more about guns than all african americans in the united states all due to the fact that the united states is currently more concerned about keeping the second amendment as it is instead of how all the african americans are being treated and shot everyday because of hate crimes

Seeing violence around the world is making by standers either start to create more violence or theyre being part of the violence as victims

While Gambino and a group of people of color are performing culture born dances in the middle of the screen, there is a ton of chaos in the background that doesn’t catch the eye immediately because the dancing is more pleasureful.

Gambino is trying to show that there are plenty of people killing themselves and we seem to not doing anything about it but be singing and dancing

This is what happens in the society today, when you see two teenagers fighting, then other teenagers gather around to record the fight so they could post it on facebook and their other social media platforms; instead of them trying to break up the fight.

i think that having violence in your community is causing people to know and to show violence

the white horse represents slavery and also represents the police bringing us black people down.