Its a statement within itself. This atrocity was occuring in Los Anegles and against white people, Red Haired people are a minority of the whites. In genocide its usually crimes commited against thier own kind. Another reason why the director used white people instead of Africans (etc etc) was to illustrate that if this was happening to you, you would give a shit right? Well Genocide is a reality and is happening as I type this.. Its time to start thinking globally and put an end to Genocide worldwide! It should not have to happen in your back yard for you to give a damn. People have been rounded up and massacred since the dawn of man, its time to STOP..

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“The worst part of this video is that some stupid teenagers are going to watch this and think this is how the cops actually work and 'fight against the system'. Seriously, don't judge a cop unless you are one. They go through hell.” No, the worst part is the bullshit ripoff of a Suicide song for the bass line. BOOORING.

Stupid!

Genius…. This is a Diatribe against oppression
and violence toward Ethnic Minority groups around the world.

this reminds me of Irish people being persicuted when they came to America…..sick

Sounds like old Atari Teenage Riot… nothing new.

For some reason I feel like M.I.A has no respect for anyone anymore. She hates Lady Gaga and for what? Being as creative if not more creative than she used to be… yeah. I think she made this video for controversy and publicity. I can see some good messages in it but I feel like M.I.A just doesn't give a shit about anything.

To those saying this video is thought provoking, I call bullshit. This vid started way too slow, then turned into completely unnecessary nudity, and finally it hit a note, when the ginger walked onto the bus with the rest. Unfortunately, the second it hit the desert it reverted back into a drawn out, overly violent, 'let's watch gingers get blown away'-fest. It would have been far more thought provoking to have them get their hair colored and forced to conform to society, but MIA wanted to be edgy. And all to a Prodigy wannabe song. I'm disgusted, and have just put her on my shit list along with Ludacris for promoting Bieber. And to Farrah, people aren't ignorant. Innocent civilians are constantly getting blown up by old land mines in Vietnam. Genocide exists in Africa at an alarming level. Corrupt police forces exist. People just don't care or they can't do anything about it. Hell, what have you done? Quit crying 'sheep' and thinking you're smarter and more informed than everyone else when you're not.

people may think that this video is distasteful, but what you should understand is that these acts do exist. People get beaten and killed all over the world (yes, even children) were there is no justice and a totalitarian regime running the country. MIA is doing a superb job at striking a nerve with the ignorant. People need to wake up…what are you going to do about it?

At least MIA didn't steal all her material from Tarantino films.

The track is lame and the allegory is just plain stupid. This video plays like a desperate cry for attention via absurd over-the-top violence.   M.I.A. should send Lady Gaga a Thank You card for bringing back the 9 min video format so she could crap all over it with her ginger oppression allegory.

Well, now that I wasted 10 mi- oh wait. Now that MIA wasted 10 minutes of my day…

While there are a lot of different ways this video can be taken, I'm a little digusted (for lack of a better word) by some peoples'. While it's obvious that the police shouldn't get a bad rap from this and that it's a bit of an over-exaggeration, I think it did do a great job of putting racial discrimination into a different light. What if this were your race/ethnicity?

nicely done

Fight or flight, to do anything else is to become prey to predators. The weak will never inherit the Earth.

I heart all the people that are missing the point.

Following last week's anti-immigrant legislation, the Arizona P.D. now officially hate coppertops more than Latinos