The Front Porch : How Childish Gambino’s This is America boils down to reparations

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Thanks for sharing your critique of critiques from the right and left, your predictions were correct. But what has me confused is the title you chose for this particular Thread:


How Childish Gambino’s This is America boils down to reparations
Discussion in 'The Front Porch' started by 42Tribes, Wednesday at 5:15 PM


Although symbolism permeates Gambino's video, throughout, I find no clear and direct or distinct symbolism for Reparations, as did the critique from the right; so, what makes you say this is America video boils down to Reparations?

We can certainly infer Reparations, but cannot definitively make the claim that the artwork boils down to reparations.

 
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