Racism In Childish Gambino's This Is America

What is music? Music can be described in many ways and can be interpreted differently through different views. Music has often been an outlet of communication for musicians, as it can hold many underlying meanings within its lyrics. Throughout the past decades, musicians have used their music as a way to present protests towards social issues all over the world. In Childish Gambino's case, also known as Donald Glover, one of his most popular songs released in 2018, "This is America," protests present racism in America against African Americans. In Gambino's song "This is America," the lyrics hold implicit details, much repetition, and underlying references as he takes on the protest against racism towards African Americans, also addressing the issue of

However, the lyrics are implicit in how they describe the point of view of the lives of African Americans living in America. Underlying in the verse, it tells how police violence against African Americans has become more of an occurrence in their society. Another implicit detail in the song can be heard in the part, "Guns in my area, I got the strap, I gotta carry 'em," which undermines life in the African American community. In the life of an African American, Gambino seems to hint at the gun problem in America relating to gun violence in the song. Still connecting to how African Americans have had to live in America, the lyrics suggest that people in the African American community carry "straps," indicating guns, in their community because of how the "Police be trippin' now," as Gambino sings in his song. African Americans are more vulnerable to the violence of the police due to the racist ideas painted towards African