https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1 How does "This is America" echo Langston Hughes' poem "Let America Be America Again"? en-us 2019-04-10 02:48:51 UTC 2020-08-27 15:34:32 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Brightnessdown.png https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350310415 "This is America" and "Let America Be America Again" both call out inequalities in society. "This is America" shows violence and brutality in black communities, while "Let America Be America Again" shows how the American dream isn't real for most, and the whole country is unfair. Both pieces are about how life is harder and different for minorities, specifically African Americans. They show the difference between ideals and reality, like the singing and gunfire and then the American dream and the struggle of the poor. ]]> 2019-04-10 12:14:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350310415 https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350310443 "This is America" and "Let America Be America Again" both highlight the American dream being unattainable. They highlight the issues faced by immigrants and people of color throughout American culture. Childish Gambino sang about the shootings taking place in black neighborhoods. He showed the world that despite getting freedom the gun violence and police brutality did not come to an end. Langston Hughes addressed the american dream and how it is basically unattainable for people of color. He addressed that freedom did not come yet and America is stained with the terrors that occur inside of it. ]]> 2019-04-10 12:14:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350310443 https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350310483 In "Let America Be America Again" and "This is America", both Langston Hughes and Childish Gambino display the message of America not being the American dream, especially for the minorities.  In the beginning of the poem, Hughes  provides stanzas that describe the ideal America which is supposed to be "...the dream the dreamers dreamed...that great strong land of love where kings connive nor  tyrants scheme that any man be crushed by one above"(Hughes). However after each of those stanzas the poet writes a statement similar to "America never was America to me". Similarly 
 ]]> 2019-04-10 12:14:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350310483 raoh https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350310490 "This is America" shows the unfiltered reality of the issues in America today, such as gun violence and police brutality, through graphic scenes of gun usage. During the music video, whenever the line "this is America" was sung, the mood and melody of the song drastically changed, which grasped the attention of listeners. This highlights the intentions of the song, which is to reflect on current societal issues and remind the audience of the problem. This echos Hughes' poem as it also advocates for change and former issues that the author feels the need to change. The poem shows how imperfect America is and how it will not guarantee the "American dream".]]> 2019-04-10 12:14:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350310490 https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350310521 "This is America" and "Let America Be America Again" share the same message in which America holds a façade of hope and freedom that is not necessarily accessible. "This is America" follows up on the message that black communities are limited to opportunities to achieve "the American dream" in a modern way; violence prevents them from doing so.]]> 2019-04-10 12:15:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350310521 https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350310534 “This is America” shows how the injustice emphasized in the poem should be fought through. In the poem it’s written “I am the worker sold to the machine. I am the Negro, servant to you all”. In the song it’s written “Drivin’ expensive foreigns, yay (..) For a big dog”.

Dan D]]> 2019-04-10 12:15:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350310534 https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350310601 "This is America" discusses a more specific form of a divide in America that has extended since Langston Hughes' "Let America Be America Again." While Hughes mentions the privilege of the wealthy over all other races, Gambino narrows down and focuses on prevalent topics in his own community. These include police brutality and gun violence.]]> 2019-04-10 12:15:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350310601 https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350310694 "This is America" echos Langston Hughes' poem "Let America Be America Again by discussing issues of the time (ex. in This is America, gun violence and police brutality) that don't necessarily represent what "American Culture" is. Childish Gambino shows how the representation of gun violence and police brutality in modern pop culture is surprising. To directly address the issues of America is also what Langston Hughes discusses(ex. how the "American Dream" is basically only for the rich ]]> 2019-04-10 12:15:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350310694 https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350310775 Both "This is America" and "Let America Be America Again" share the message of how America changed and how they want to restore it back to how it used to be. "This is America" talks about the violence aspect and how it affects the black communities while in "Let America Be America Again" it talks about wanting America to "be the dream it used to be".]]> 2019-04-10 12:15:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350310775 https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350310858 This is America is a song]]> 2019-04-10 12:16:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350310858 https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350310918 ___]]> 2019-04-10 12:16:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350310918 https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350311275 “This is America” echos Langston Hudges’ vs. “Let America Be America Again” by  echoing  the issue of money, trying to get it make enough to support themselves and their families. Also, it echos it by focusing on the music of African American culture, in the poem discussing songs and hopes and then in the song just wanting those back.]]> 2019-04-10 12:17:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350311275 https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350311620 "This is America" echoes Langston Hughes' poem "Let America be America Again" in the way that they both point out America's divide and unsolved issues. The poem's message speaks of the impossible reach of the American dream; that it has and has stayed favorable only to those already benefiting from the system. The song highlights that same divide and the violence that has birthed from it. 


]]> 2019-04-10 12:18:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350311620 https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350312111 "This is America" echoes "Let America Be America Again" by giving a modern take on the same problem. "This is America" focuses more on the problems of today, such as gun violence, while "Let America Be America Again" focuses more on issues that were present in the past.]]> 2019-04-10 12:19:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350312111 dbahng https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350312595 Like "Let America Be America Again", "This is America" addresses the issue of America not being the America it was meant to be. Langston Hughes talks about the lack of equality and the difficulty of actually becoming successful (having opportunity), while Childish Gambino focuses on that as well as gun violence, specifically targeting the black community. Childish Gambino's message echoes Langston Hughes' in that they address the same innate problem expressed in two different time periods and cultures (early 1900s vs. early 2000s).]]> 2019-04-10 12:20:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350312595 https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350312614 Jeffrey Kwon
both bring to light the reality of america. america is no longer the land of the free, but more a land where “tyrants scheme.” dreams cant be dreamed anymore in the “real” america because it is different from the old america, the real “land of the free.” many inequalities are illustrated in the MV and the poem. Hughes wrote “there’s never been equality” in america despite the expectations of a land of opportunities, and the MV shows american problems like police brutality and shootings.]]> 2019-04-10 12:21:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350312614 https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350313224 “This is America” echoes Langston Hughes’ poem “Let America be America Again” by highlighting the injustices the black community faces at the times in which they were written. Hughes writes, “I am the farmer, bondman  to the soil. I am the worker sold to the machine. I am the Negro, servant to you all”(Hughes 31-33). Hughes is saying that African Americans were not given the same opportunities as the white man to succeed in America. They work the difficult jobs that don’t pay well white the white man has the real opportunity to make a name for himself. Glover writes in his song, “Police be trippin’ now
Yeah, this is America
Guns in my area”(Glover). The problems that African Americans face in modern times are gun violence and police brutality, and Glover raps about that.]]> 2019-04-10 12:22:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350313224 https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350313348 "This is America" echoes many of the same themes as Langston Hughes' poem "Let America Be America Again". In "This is America", many problems that modern African Americans face are depicted. Childish Gambino shows gun violence, mostly in black communities in his music video. Also, he talks about police brutality, "Police be trippin' now" (Gambino). Langston Hughes also describes challenges that African Americans in his time face, "I am the Negro, servant to you all" (Hughes). Hughes also depicts gun violence, which is echoed in "This is America", "The millions shot down when we strike?" (Hughes).]]> 2019-04-10 12:22:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350313348 edubetsky https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350313529 In “Let America Be America Again,” Langston Hughes writes about how only the wealthiest people can obtain the american dream while everyone else is in poverty. Childish Gambino echoes this in “This is America” by talking about how people assume that everything is good in his community because they party and they have a lot of energy, but in reality there’s a lot of gun violence and the american dream is just an unattainable illusion.]]> 2019-04-10 12:23:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350313529 https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350313730 Both “This is America” and “Let America Be America Again” describe the american dream as impossible to achieve to most people and display the divide and issues in America. “This is America” displays a more modern take on “Let America Be America Again” and shows more current time issues such as gun violence and police brutality. ]]> 2019-04-10 12:23:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350313730 https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350551898 Childish Gambino's song "This is America" addresses some prevalent issues in the black community, just like Langston Hughes' poem, "Let America be America Again". Hughes expresses how difficult it truly is to prosper in America as a black individual. Attaining the American Dream becomes nearly impossible for black people due to the existing racial issues in society. In Gambino's song, he brings up some of the monstrosities that are present in black communities, such as police brutality and gun violence. ]]> 2019-04-10 20:40:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mtaliento1/period1/wish/350551898