“America is not the name of a country, it’s the name of a continent,” Puerto Rican rapper Residente says.
seeks to burst that bubble with a mix of thought-provoking lyrics and historical references, arguing that the American continent is rooted in a long history of colonialism and slavery, systems that have contributed to the erasure of the continent's Black and Indigenous heritage.
across Latin America, a practice that has helped the nation co-opt the term"America" as its own, Residente said." From Jim Crow to police brutality, Gambino's track criticizes the oppression Black people in the United States face and questions the country's promise of freedom for all. This becomes particularly evident when Residente sings,"Gambino, my brother … this is America" and reminds him that"America is not just U.S.A., bro. This is from Tierra del Fuego to Canada."
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