Childish Gambino; Modern Visionary, and Young Black Freedom Seeker

Since the release of Childish Gambino's first full length album in 2011, he has been preaching and trying to close the gap between white privilege and subtle racism that still lurks in our progressive society. Donald Glover, or better known by his stage name Childish Gambino uses the most creative forms of rhetoric in his words to do this.

Gambino's use of ethos is very strategic. For example in an interview with him on "The Breakfast Club" radio station, Gambino says that the demographics show that primarily white males listen to his music. The way he answers this question was very powerful, saying that he uses his lyrics to implant in white people so that they can subconsciously carry out his words. The way these two things connect is by white privilege. Gambino says that white people have the power to get the word out that black people are important and that black voice still isn't heard. This idea is incredibly complex, and controversial. Gambino simply doesn't care what people think of him as long as he is making culture. This is a different way of looking at things, but it is however working towards equality.

Childish Gambino in his song "Hold You Down" uses a great amount of pathos and ways to make the listener understand what he goes through as a black man. One lyric is "Dude you're not not racist cause The Wires in your Netflix queue." These lyrics are calling out people who may think they aren't racist but actually contribute to subtle racism. This brings up the next lyrics "subtle racism, its hard to pin it cause you'd only understand it if you were me for just a minute" This is another example of ethos that makes you digs deep and makes you think. These lyrics make you think like I touched on above, so in turn emotions are brought up in a result he indirectly appeals to pathos.

Although Childish Gambino goes about his freedom seeking business in a way that may be seen as radical or wrong it works for him. One way he empowers young blacks is by saying that black people in this time make culture. As a person Donald Glover is truly trying to make people equal. He himself says he is racist because that's the way the world is constructed. Gambino  says this because he is trying to sympathize with the people of the world in how he knows there's racism around because that's how our world is rooted and we should keep striding for freedom and equality. The American criticism given by Donald moves us forward and will make the world we live in a better place.