Facebook Twitter Pinterest Watch the video for Childish Gambino: This Is AmericaHe’s playing Jim CrowFacebook Twitter Pinterest Glover’s exaggerated poses have been compared to historical caricatures of black men. He’s duping us with danceFacebook Twitter Pinterest Don’t be distracted: the use of attention-grabbing dance moves seems to be making a point about what society focuses on. Glover distils the distorting way black men are seen by police with “tool”, meaning gun. In the video, the camera pans up to black men filming the chaos on their phones. As other commenters on Genius have pointed out, Glover could also be saying that phones can be actual tools for documentation.

Source: The Guardian May 07, 2018 15:15 UTC