Sunday, December 9, 2018

Donald Glover / Childish Gambino and his white wife

I honestly just wanted to write that I feel sorry for all the hate Donald Glover is getting for having a white wife. It seems like most of the hate is from black people saying he's a hypocrite to make a song like 'This is America' and then dating a white person.
I don't know the true intent of 'This is America' and the true views of Donald Glover. But I know one thing for sure which is that his music was never about 'white against black'. In fact, I dare say the purpose may even have been to unite white and black people against the current state of violence and media treatment of black people in America. It is true that the music portrays black people as being persecuted for the colour of their skin, but I think one of the point of his video and his view is that black people are just people and should be treated like a normal human being.
By pointing out his white wife is doing exactly what Donald Glover was going against. Seeing colour and nothing else. Dehumanization due to the colour of one's skin. What if Donald Glover saw beyond the colour of her skin? What if Michelle White also saw beyond Donald's colour of his skin? Dating someone who's white doesn't make him any less of a black man.


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