You Clap for Me Now is a poem in the format of a video, and it is spoken aloud by multiracial essential workers in the UK.

• Clap – showing appreciation for what all the essential workers are doing during the time of this pandemic. This emphasises that foreign workers should be appreciated not avoided. It is now their turn to be respected. The poem highlights the crucial role they play in helping with the outbreak
• Stethoscope – symbolises what they do, how they help people, shows that they are doctors, hence saving peoples lives which links back to the content od “you clap for me now” and this shows who “me” is
• The background – we can see in the reflection that the sun is setting (or rising) which shows that these essential workers work all the time, no matter the time of the day
• Ethnicity – She is white, which shows that migrant worker and all local people re working together, so the immigrant shouldn’t be discriminated because they are all doing the same work, which is helping to save people’s lives

• In this screenshot, this is a person of colour, and she is also working as a doctor, hence showing that the ethnic minorities are working the essential jobs, hence they need to be appreciated and respected instead of looked down upon
• This lady had a badge with NHS on it hence showing that she is someone important during this pandemic
• She is wearing a uniform hence showing that she is a part of a group of people, conveying to the viewer that she belongs, unlike what racist people say
• In this scene, the lady is talking about the virus, and immigrant, a virus has come from overseas, and people that faced racism and discrimination have also home from overseas to help cure the virus

• The line is “don’t forget when it’s no longer quite” so this is talking about the time when the whole pandemic is over. This line conveys to the audience that we shall not forget about these essential workers who are part of the ethnic groups that helped with the pandemic, even when the pandemic is over and the case is closed
• The curtain is closed and this indicates that the pandemic is over now, the whole situation is closed now
• The person narrating this line is also wearing normal clothes (just a t-shirt) rather than uniforms/clothes they will wear to their jobs, hence enhancing the this line is about when the pandemic is over, and these people have come back to their normal life