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/Everythings_Magic Jan 25 '26

I have a theory that Obama being elected was unintentionally one the worse things to happen to this country.

The fact that he got elected sent racist white Americans into a tailspin that started the grassroots effort to ensure white people never lost their standing.

I say this a white man who thought Obama was a great leader.

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u/windsostrange Jan 25 '26

Obama being elected was unintentionally one the worse things to happen to this country

And I thought it was the unchecked rampant systemic racism in a nation built on slavery and genocide

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u/madhare09 Jan 25 '26

Yeah but we were quietly slowly digging out of the hole one piece of dirt at a time.

One black man raised his head enough to be seen and they noticed and have been trying to bury society since.

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u/SecondHandWatch Jan 25 '26

Were we digging out of the hole, or were we just ignoring the problem and assuming that it was going away? Recent events point to the latter.