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Speaker:
Sangeren, Childish Gambino
African Americans

Recipient:
Folk i USA
Racister
Politiet - autoritære, magt

Audience:
Unge og voksne, eftersom det er dem der kan tage aktion

Circumstances:
For at skabe opmærksomhed, efter policebrutlity

Reaction:
Groft - men det et nødvendigt at se
Skiftede tempo - går fra mild til grov
Vildt - pga alt det kaos i baggrunden
Mærkeligt - man forstår den når man sætter sig ind i det og dykker ned i de forskellige elemter

Topics:
Police brutality, BLM, race, gun violence

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1. It was populist on February 10, 2019. It was made in Staples Center, Los Angeles. The time matter because it is made after the 2015 Charleston church shooting in South Carolina to the shooting of Stephon Clark this year. They use many slangs like yeah, skrrt, ayy and some more. They also use words we use nowadays. So, the words are very modern and not so informal. It is written in present tense because they say “this is America” Instead of eg this was America.

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De skyder en “udskyldedig” man

Politi er med i videoen for at vise hvad de gør

Han giver pistolen til en eller anden mand som tager den ind i et lømtorklæde

Og nogen andre tager liget fra manden som han tidligere skød

Og folk som er i beggrunden løber efter hinanden

Det er kun unge som danser med ham og det er måske fordi at de ikke kan købe våben

Videoen ræfere til at ham manden er hvid og at han gør noget som en hvid ikke ville blive så meget straffet for

Trevyon Martins far prøver de at vise istarten

Du SKAL følge reglerne ellers bliver du dræbt

At verdens undergang er nær hvis fremtiden biver ved med at være såden her (ham på den hvide hest)

Noget af stilheden er fordi at der var en skole skyderi for 17 børn der døde

De viser også noget med drugs fordi at det ligner i en sceen at han er høj og går på en bil og er helt ude af kontrol

Og han løber for hans liv til sidst hvor han også er bange for fx at der er politi efter dem

9 afrikanere blev dræbt charleston chrurch

Istarten prøver han at ligner Jim Crow med en mærkelig stilling

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1. What do you know about gun violence in the US?

Vi ved, at det er lovligt at have pistoler i USA. Der er mange school shootings og bare mere vold med våben. Det er nemmere for folk at lave terror, når det er lovligt at have våben.

(We know it’s legal to have guns in the US. There are many school shootings and just more gun violence in general. It’s easier for people to commit terrorism when it’s legal to have guns.)

1. When watching the video for the first time, did you notice anything that is related to gun violence?

Ja, det gjorde vi. Første gang da han skød ham, der sad med en pose over hovedet, og anden gang da han skyder hele koret, der synger.

(Yes, we did. The first time was when he shot the man with the bag over his head and the second time when he shot the choir that was singing.)

1. Watch the video again. Investigate and describe the following scenes in the video:

1. 00:51-1:10

Han skyder ham, der sidder i stolen, hvorefter en kommer og tager hans pistol. To andre slæber liget væk. Der nogle, der kører i biler og løber i baggrunden, efter han har skudt.

(He shoots the man sitting in the chair, then a man comes and takes his gun away in a cloth. Two other people comes and drags the body away. There are some people who are driving and running in the background after he has shot the man.)

1. 1:40-2:12

Der er et kor, der synger. Dem skyder han med et stort maskingevær, som der også er en, der kommer og tager. Bagefter er der en politibil og mennesker, der løber imod gerningsstedet. Der skiftes scene i 2:04, hvor der også er en masse mennesker, der løber rundt i protest. Ligene bliver bare liggende på jorden, man ser ikke, hvad der sker med dem.

(A choir is singing. He shoots them with a big machine gun, which another person also wraps in a cloth and takes away. Afterwards, there is a police car and people running against the crime scene. The scene changes at 2:04, and in that scene there are also many people running around in protest. The bodies just keep laying on the ground, you don’t see what happens with them.)

I begge tilfælde virker pistolen vigtigere end ofrene. Pistolerne kan symbolisere undertrykkelse og uretfærdighed, siden han skyder dem nærmest uden at blinke.

(In both situations the gun seems more important than the victims. The guns can symbolise oppression and injustice since he shoots them in a heartbeat.)

1. Search for “The second amendment” on Google.

Det er en lov, der sikrer, at alle mennesker i USA har ret til at bære våben.

(It’s a law that ensures that all people in the US have the right to bear weapons.)

1. How do you see The second amendment being represented in the video?

Det faktum, at han bare går rundt og skyder folk, som en helt almindelig mand, uden varsel, viser The second amendment.

(The fact that he goes around shooting people, as a regular man, without warning, shows the fact that The Second Amendment is represented in the video.)

1. In your groups, dicuss The second amendment. Afterwards, make two arguments: one for the second amendment and one that is against the second amendment.

For: Hvis man ulovliggør våben, tager man fra folks frihed.

(For: If you illegalise weapons, you take away from people´s freedom.)

Imod: Færre folk ville dø, hvis man ikke kunne begå vold med våben.

(Against: Fewer people would die, if you couldn’t commit gun violence.)

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Composition.

1. How many lines and verses are there?

There are about 80 lines in the lyrics and 10 verses.

1. how does the text begin, and how does it end?

It begins with a choir signing yeah yeah yeah over and over and then saying in between go, go away. It ends with young thug singing no proper life to a dog, for a big dog

1. Give each paragraph a headline.

Verse 1: yeah, yeah, yeah

Verse 2: we just wanna party

Verse 3: don’t catch you slippin’ now

Verse 4: guns in my area

Verse 5: black man

Verse 6: don’t catch you slippin’ now

Verse 7: hunnids bands and contraband

Verse 8: black man (get down)

Verse 9:  black man

Verse 10: black man in this world

Narrator

1. Which point of view is the text told? First or third person narrator? All- knowing narrator?

I would say that the text is told in a first-person by Donald Grover, but sometimes in the so

ng the choir sings over him and takes a part in the song so it kind switches by Donald and the choir.

Outer personal characteristics

1. How many different characters are present in the text?

In the text you hear about a black man, the police, the grandma and “we” which could be a whole community.

1. What roles do the different characters play?

The main character presented in the text is “black man” fordi han bliver talt til igennem teksten så det er lidt ligesom om at det er ham teksten handler om. Donald Grover er fortællerne af historien fordi man ser man igennem hele videoen synge og danse så det er ham der leader af  videoen. Der er nogle.

1. Are we told anything about their appearance?

Black man – he is a black male.

Grandma – is a woman, and probably little old since she is your someone's grandma.

The police – could appear in any gender wearing a police uniform.

We - could be any gender.

Inner personal characteristics

1. Are we getting told anything the characters’ personal attributes, strengths and weaknesses?

Black man - we can think us to that the black man is maybe a bit desperate to get respect. Maybe he also feels a little bit hopeless because of how people of his colour are treated and how they must earn people's respect

Grandma – she must be a woman with a long past, and wants her Grandson to do best in life and be successful

The police -

1. Do we know anything about the characters feelings and thoughts

We don’t get told directly in the text about their feelings.

1. How do the characters relate to each other

der er en mormor der nævner hendes barnebarn “black man” så det er familie relateret og de kæmper alle sammen med de samme problemer.

1. Do the characters evolve in text

The text starts of that they just wanna party and relax and have a good life, but ends with putting the black man in perspective saying that he is just a black man in this world saying that he is just a barcode in this huge world, so it kind of takes a serious turn.

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What is Donald Glover/Childish Gambino trying to symbolise with his pose?

Donald Glover is trying to symbolise the Jim Crow laws

What is he trying to say with it?

The Jim Craw laws

What does the caricature symbolise?

It symbolises the Jim Crow laws and about the segregation.

Rice played a character called Jim Crow – Describe the character.

He is very intimidating in the music video because his facial expressions are very strong and different. Also, the dances he does, is very intense, because he uses his whole body to dance with.

What is a minstrel show?

A minstrel show is a show performed in a racist way where the white people pretended, they were black and mocked in the show

Why did white people find this entertaining.

We think the white people find it entertaining because they saw down to the black people and found it amusing that people were making fun of it.

How were the blacks dehumanised in the shows?

The blacks were mocked in the show, for example the white painted themselves in black, and they did dances to mock them.

Why do you think the laws were tolerated?

The time the laws were tolerated were the time after civil war and slavery. So, we think the laws were tolerated because now the slavery was abolished and the least thing the black could do was accept the segregation, and the white people was fine with it all because they felt like they had power over the black people