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This is America

Background Information
This is work of art created by Donald McKinley Glover Jr., an American actor, comedian, singer, writer, producer, director, rapper, and DJ. He performs music under the stage name Childish Gambino. The song addresses the wider issue of gun violence in the United States, the high rate of mass shootings in the United States, along with longstanding racism and discrimination against African Americans. The song's music video was directed by Japanese-American filmmaker Hiro Murai, a frequent Gambino collaborator.[6][7] It has topped the charts in the U.S., Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.
Technique Used
Activate Emotion
This is propaganda because
This is aiming to influence the attitudes of viewers through activating strong emotion. It offers an important point of view about gun violence in the United States.

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    Fri, 11/30/2018 - 15:35
    Nay Nay
    This music video offers an emotional wallop about becoming desensitized to violence - I think it's beneficial propaganda that invites people to think about the rising levels of "casual" violence and its dehumanizing effects

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