Poll of the Day > What do you Donald Glover's video "This is America" means?

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St_Kevin
05/15/18 10:06:34 AM
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I think it's suppose to show the gun violence in the USA and people ignoring it and just trying to live a normal life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYOjWnS4cMY" data-time="



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ReggieTheReckless
05/15/18 10:10:18 AM
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St_Kevin
05/15/18 10:13:07 AM
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Mead
05/15/18 10:41:05 AM
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I figured it was commentary on black culture in the US, I could be wrong though
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St_Kevin
05/15/18 11:05:07 AM
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Mead posted...
I figured it was commentary on black culture in the US, I could be wrong though


There's definitely that element.
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Smarkil
05/15/18 11:17:47 AM
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I think he just wanted to make a cool song
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EvilMegas
05/15/18 11:33:11 AM
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Mead posted...
I figured it was commentary on black culture in the US, I could be wrong though

Literally the opposite.
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Mead
05/15/18 11:34:23 AM
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EvilMegas posted...
Mead posted...
I figured it was commentary on black culture in the US, I could be wrong though

Literally the opposite.


Can you explain?
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OhhhJa
05/15/18 11:38:48 AM
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EvilMegas posted...
Mead posted...
I figured it was commentary on black culture in the US, I could be wrong though

Literally the opposite.

Eh I feel like it actually is bit it's also commentary on white people's misconceptions and stereotypes about black people... And it's also commentary about gun culture and police brutality. Basically, I think it's about a lot of the fucked up aspects of America and not just one thing
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DrPrimemaster
05/15/18 11:47:34 AM
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ReggieTheReckless posted...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc8akqVXg54" data-time="


I prefer this one


That matches up really well, it even looks like he is actually singing call me maybe.
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shadowsword87
05/15/18 11:53:26 AM
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America's dual nature of extreme, horrible violence (by the state to black people and other countries), and people who just want to joke around and have fun. There's a giant narrative gap between what's going.
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BlackScythe0
05/15/18 11:59:33 AM
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People are being killed without a care in the world.
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Zareth
05/15/18 12:30:28 PM
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Everything's gotta have a meaning, doesn't it.
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JOExHIGASHI
05/15/18 12:38:45 PM
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Zareth posted...
Everything's gotta have a meaning, doesn't it.

This post is a commentary on consumerism and taoism is today's political landscape
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Grendel
05/15/18 12:56:05 PM
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It's a commentary on how willing people are to over-analyze every tiny detail of something with a political message.
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St_Kevin
05/15/18 12:57:57 PM
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Grendel posted...
commentary on how willing people are to over-analyze every tiny detail of something with a political message.


I don't know, this video was full of hidden meanings... :)
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Grendel
05/15/18 12:59:15 PM
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St_Kevin posted...
I don't know, this video was full of hidden meanings... :)


And the Internet managed to find all 74 million of them. Amazing.
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OhhhJa
05/15/18 1:11:04 PM
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Grendel posted...
St_Kevin posted...
I don't know, this video was full of hidden meanings... :)


And the Internet managed to find all 74 million of them. Amazing.

Well. The song/video is definitely making some statements. Doesn't really takr much brain power to get the overall message though. It's pretty straightforward. It about violence in America and how we distract ourselves with entertainment. There Are definitely some more specific underlying messages too but yeah.

I'm not of the camp that thinks this is some deep, never said before woke song though. It's not the first time someone has pointed put violence in America and distractions
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Mead
05/15/18 1:17:32 PM
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Grendel posted...
It's a commentary on how willing people are to over-analyze every tiny detail of something with a political message.


Ya mad
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wolfy42
05/15/18 1:22:18 PM
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It's obviously about the atrocious way kitties are being treated in America, the fact that cat food is either dry *Blech!* or in cans that they can not open. Early on he shoots the guy because obviously he was not giving attention to a kitty so he deserved to die. Later you see all those annoying humans using their stupid cell phones to take pictures of kitties without their concent.

The time he shoots the choir is obviously because they are all wasting time singing instead of giving their cats the attention they deserve....which is totally unacceptable.

At the end, when he is running away in abject horror, it is symbolizing the hoards of humans that will pick up kitties and man-handle them without consent.

This is America, land of Kitty Torturers.

Most cats strongly approve of this video.
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Greenfox111
05/15/18 1:23:13 PM
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i didn't watch but its obviously an instructional geography video/song
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VioletZer0
05/15/18 1:25:27 PM
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America is killing its people
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shadowsword87
05/15/18 1:52:01 PM
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Mead posted...
Grendel posted...
It's a commentary on how willing people are to over-analyze every tiny detail of something with a political message.


Ya mad


Also, it's street poetry, that's just what it started out as.
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pedro45
05/15/18 1:53:04 PM
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Greenfox111 posted...
i didn't watch but its obviously an instructional geography video/song

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Grendel
05/15/18 1:53:07 PM
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shadowsword87
05/15/18 1:56:07 PM
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Did you just respond with "no u"?
I mean, come on. At least think before you make up your mind.
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Mead
05/15/18 1:57:03 PM
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Grendel posted...
Mead posted...

Ya mad


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection


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wolfy42
05/15/18 2:04:07 PM
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Mead posted...
Grendel posted...
Mead posted...

Ya mad


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection


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