The camera work/ video reminds me of Primus Mr. Krinkle.
One take with shit going on in the background.
Childish Gambino "This is America" Music Video---
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One take with shit going on in the background.
I thought they were Methodists?
I'm not sure I get it either. I like Glover but don't like his music. I don't have an issue with it or the message just don't care for the music. Thus, I don't like it. I'm kind of like that with music.
Are you an NFL player? Lots of "we" getting thrown around and I was talking about NFL players. I don't care how anyone protests personally so long as it is nonviolent and doesn't **** up my drive home, just saying kneeling instead of honoring the country while playing a sport that has made you millions is hard for some people to take.
I don't have to be an NFL player to know and understand why they're protesting. Just listen to why they're protesting. You don't have to be an NFL a player to understand why they're doing it.
By protesting, they are honoring their country. That's how this country was founded. And after it was founded, it allowed for continual protests of a myriad of issues.
Kaep even asked vets how best to protest and still be respectful, and they said kneel. It's ridiculous that it got turned into this enormous bullshit about him somehow being anti-American.
Right! That's why I'm asking how should we protest? Who else's permission do we need to protest the *right* way?
You don't need anyone's permission. You just don't get to be mad when everyone in the country gets angry at the way you're approaching/protesting the issue.
It's just hard for everyday , in the grind of real life people to really give a damn about what some rich and famous person thinks. In fairness Glover doesn't come across as that type of person compared to some of the others in Hollywood. Many in Hollywood are so segregated from reality that nobody can take their opinions serious.
There is no right way to protest when the message is all over the board. There was no unifying message as far as I know. Anything and everything gets distorted in this day and age. People refuse to see the other side and view the other as less than when they don’t agree politically. All reasons why its reception was as volatile as it was. It truly is amazing how polarized politics/race has become in the digital world. It amplifies everything, and what is normally an anomaly now appears to common occurrence.
People forget we have 350 million plus people in this country. Any pragmatic person should realize a solid 5-10 percent (17-35 million people) are going to be some type of scum. Just my 2 cents, but to each their own.
I don't have any political opinions on the video. Didn't seem to make any points. But I will say. It is god awful. No skill, beat sucks, no flow. Fcking sucks what rap has become. If I am going to say something controversial in response to this horrible music video, it will be, I thought black people could dance.
Kaepernick is getting banned because of RACIST (yes you are racist) people that cannot get over their white fragility. They don't like to be called out for the BS that black people have to deal with on a daily basis. For example, my wife spends time with kids on the south side of Chicago. One kid's instrument case was ripped open and broken by cops. Cops didn't replace it. My wife did. This is the day and life of a black kid living in poverty. He is standing up for these injustices. Especially, when that rich white kid can buy weed and drive home without a problem.
The Kaepernick is proven when teams are signing horrible QBs such as Bradford to a $20 million deal and Cutler to a $10 million deal when Kaepernick has done more than 75% of starting QBs in the NFL. Racism and the Racist fans who don't want to be embarrassed about what is happening in this country let it happen.
The message was clear for those who were listening. For those who were complaining about the protest, it certainly went over their head (again...like always). Can't get through to people who voluntarily put their fingers in their ears and complain about something not related to why the protest is happening in the first place.
Everyone didn't get angry. As a retired veteran we all have a right to protest as long as it's peaceful and orderly.
And yet those everyday, in the grind of real life people voted for Donald Trump. Not sure how to explain that one, especially when these same people hate celebrities and their opinions.
His support of a murderous dictator and his demonizing of police officers have nothing to do with him being unsigned. Him turning down TWO offers from Seattle has nothing to do with him not being on a roster. His GF calling the Ravens owner a slave master and Ray Lewis an uncle tom has nothing to do with him not being on a roster. It is about hos protest and his protest only. God, you Kaep thumpers are ignorant.
It seemed to be more about the video and less about the actual song. Check out Redbone and a few of his past songs, dude is pretty good.
Demonizing officers? How about trying to make officers accountable for their actions? When has a jury done that? Tackling a black man for stealing his own car? Why? Because it was too nice for a black man? Shooting a black man who offers to pull out his gun permit? How about letting a guy go because he murdered a kid just because his hoodie posed too much of a threat? How about shooting a black kid 17 times for holding a cell phone? Or how about the Baltimore cops who let a guy die in their truck? Cops like that can suck a D and should be in jail. However, your views of America eff it all up because you have some racist views in you.
Yes. Some cops suck. Let's say that a police officer demonizes all black people because of the very small percentage of the black people that break the law by wearing socks that depicts black people as monkeys. Would it be okay to defend him because a small percentage of black people break the law?
What method of protest would you recommend? As Q mentioned, black people marching is criticized; black people speaking up is criticized; black people kneeling quietly is criticized.
Well that is the problem. They do. Black people have this stigma that they are more violent which they aren't. I saw a guy post that black people commit more violent crimes which is false. Do you think black people smoke more weed than white people? They don't. The problem is they are 3.73 times more likely to be arrested for it. Why is that? Especially when 13% of white people smoke it, and 15% of black people smoke it....well, that would make up a lot more white people smoking it as that race makes up over 60% of the population. No tell me how there isn't a racial bias to black people with cops.
They do? Hmm.
What does this have to do with why Kaepernick doesn't have a job in the NFL?
Wasn’t that apart of my post or did you just read the first sentence and stop listening like you were just railing against?
Well he is being banned for sticking up for black people being targeted by police. Which statistics say they are........like when roughly the same percentage of people by race smokes weed....and makes up for over 60% of the population, but the one that has a significantly lower population is 3.7 times more likely to be arrested......do you have a Duke degree? I am trying to figure out how far I have to dumb this down.
Also, it shows the initial bias of some dumb people....white people...who make excuses for the police doing what they do. Shows racist views. "Black people commit more violent crimes." That was someone that argued with me about Kaepernick and black people being arrested.
Well, you were pretty wrong already after that first sentence. Kaep's message has been very clear. People chose to get outraged over the flag instead. Here, anyway, there's a pretty high rate of correlation between the people who deny the possibility of racism at each and every turn and the people who focused on criticizing Kaep for the method of his protest.
Why are people saying he is banned? He was offered a job a few times and turned it down. I think that was part of his strategy for all this. That's fine if that is what he wants but you can't not sign and then act like no one wants you.
I have zero issues with the protests by him or any other player. I'm not at all critical of what they are kneeling for but saying teams don't want him because of that is pretty simplistic. They don't want him because he isn't good enough to be worth the circus that comes with him. That isn't all his fault either but that doesn't matter to the people doing the hiring. Why hire an average backup who is going to bring all that attention when you can have an average backup without it. It is just a business decision. All they care about is winning. If Kaepernick was a Brady or Ryan or Watson (premature but I think he is a future star) he would be playing.
I have zero issues with the protests by him or any other player. I'm not at all critical of what they are kneeling for but saying teams don't want him because of that is pretty simplistic. They don't want him because he isn't good enough to be worth the circus that comes with him. That isn't all his fault either but that doesn't matter to the people doing the hiring. Why hire an average backup who is going to bring all that attention when you can have an average backup without it. It is just a business decision. All they care about is winning. If Kaepernick was a Brady or Ryan or Watson (premature but I think he is a future star) he would be playing.
Do you guys think that it is only because of his protest that he doesn't have a job in the NFL?
How has your life been since Jan 20th, 2017? Better? Worse? Are there more racists roaming the streets because they got a "boost" from having the klan leader in the White House?
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