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Childish Gambino This Is America

Childish Gambino This Is America

Childish Gambino ‘This Is America’ Makes A Confronting Statement About The USA Today

by Paul Cashmere on May 7, 2018

in News

‘This Is America’, a confronting new video and song by Donald Glover (aka Childish Gambino) has stunned the world over the weekend as it clocked up over 10 million views.

The four-minute mini-movie targets a divided and broken nation and its issues with gun violence.

The graphic piece includes a hooded man shot point blank, a gospel choir being slaughtered by a semiautomatic rifle, a police car set alight and rioting while people dance.

Warning: This video contains graphic images:

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