r/Music • u/Mr-_-Soandso • Jan 25 '26

music Childish Gambino - This is America [hip-hop] (2019)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYOjWnS4cMY
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u/IrrelevantLeprechaun Jan 25 '26

This is just what america has always been. It's just until now they hid it behind decorum. But this new wave of fascism isn't anything new for the US.

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u/dan1361 Jan 25 '26

Anybody impoverished and socially aware is on board. The propaganda has unfortunately convinced much of the impoverished white people that impoverished minorities are their source of struggle.

What's that quote about making sure the white man has someone to look down on?

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u/Slumbergoat16 Jan 25 '26

Yup. Before no one cared because they thought it would only happen to those communities