Instead of a thoughtful portrait of issues such as gun violence, police brutality, mass shootings, and America’s deep-rooted discrimination toward Black people, Arbour’s video equates these pressing tragedies to the “challenges” which face white, cisgender, able-bodied, thin, and, ultimately, extremely privileged women living in America. Incoherency is peppered throughout the song with muddled lyrics such as “This is America/got rape in my area,” “I wear Fendi/I’m so sexy,” and “I gotta give up my dreams/… rather be the Taliban.”Īpparently, Arbour thought it was a great idea to translate the immensely layered song and music video to an incoherent parody that profits off of Gambino’s concept and art.
Arbour replaces the scene of a man with a bag over his head being shot with a breastfeeding woman being taken out of the room. In the opening scene of the parody, Arbour puts on lipstick in place of Gambino lighting a cigarette. Gambino’s lyrics are jam-packed with symbolism and, coupled with the song’s critically acclaimed music video, have earned Gambino 13 awards, including a Grammy Award for Song of the Year.Īrbour’s classless adaptation, “This Is America: Women’s Edit,” is disjointed at best. If you’re not familiar with the original, “This Is America” was released in May 2018 by Black rapper Childish Gambino. This story originally appeared in our Maissue.
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