"This is America," is loaded with hidden objects, images, messages, someone jumping off a high wall, check the

dancing children (What are they wearing? Why?)

- Compare how they handle weapons and guns with the way they handle children and dead bodies.

- The police car, what is it doing? Ask yourself why? Search the internet for images of Jim Crow (American history).
Try to find out what he stood for. How does Childish Gambino imitate him? Why does he imitate him?

- Search for every single symbol and hidden meaning in the song, including the choice of colours, the music beat, the
background, etc.
- Ask yourself what these symbols, beat, and colours mean. Does the music beat change? Why do you think it does?
- Read about the group called “Run and Run” - and make the connection with Gambino’s running at the end of the
song
- Why does it get dark with no lights at the end of the song? Usually light is a sign of hope and a brighter future - Do
you think that America holds a brighter future for all its citizens? Why or why not?
- The kid’s dancing style: what does it represent? How is black art related to Gambino’s song?
- Who took note of the two chickens (a white and a brown one) - what do you think represent? KFC ’s junk food?
- Why are the dancing children wearing a school uniform?
- What was the horse doing in the background? What do think it represents?
- The man on the horse: what do you think he represents? Does it really have to do with religion? or with religion and
cowboys in America and what they represent?
- American chaos - what does American chaos refer to in “This is America” by Gambino