They only focus on the happy and relaxing things in their lives. It shows how the majority don’t want to focus on the racial problems and just blur them out. All the violence and chaos that is happening around him are only in the peripheral of the shot and the camera doesn’t focus on them at all. He is also looking happy, relaxed, and carefree as he dances and laughs amidst the commotion around him. Throughout the music video, we can see that the sole focus is of Gambino. He implies that a stricter gun control will be hard to attain. This symbolize how Americans value their guns and the Second Amendment. Also, in the first scene after Gambino shoots the man, another man shows up with a red cloth to take the gun away in. After this, Gambino again says “This is America” to show the true nature of this country and the problems with it. This is a reference to the tragic 2015 massacre in Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Soon after, Gambino is shown to massacre an African and American Church Choir with an assault rifle. After the shot, the lyrics are immediately “This is America”. This may represent how when an African American is unlawfully killed or convicted, the public just pretends like nothing happened and treats it like no big deal. After he shoots the man, he walks away like nothing happened.

In the first minute, we see Gambino shoot an African American male as he has a bag over his head. Donald Glover shows that racism is still alive in America and how big gun violence is. In his music video, there is a lot of references and symbolism to help us understand what America is truly like. In a response to all this, Childish Gambino released a song, “This is America”, to portray what America is like. This song brings to attention two of the biggest problems in America, gun control and racism specifically against African Americans. Mass shooting such as the Las Vegas Shooting in 2017 has shown us that current gun laws aren’t enough and needs to change. Another problem that became bigger than ever recently is mass shooting. According to a Washington Post analysis of global terrorism, “violence by white supremacist groups has risen since Obama and surged since Trump has taken the office”. Neo-Nazis and other white supremacist groups have become more widespread after Trump’s win in the 2016 presidential election.

Recently, problems of white supremacy and other racism problems have became more prevalent in America.

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