The phrase "white man's burden" refers to the idea that Western powers had a moral obligation to civilize and educate non-white societies. It is rooted in colonial attitudes of superiority and has been criticized for perpetuating racism and Imperialism by justifying the subjugation of people of other races and cultures.
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Negative attitude of Europeans toward peoples of the non-Western world
The British poet Rudyard Kipling wrote a poem in 1899 about the United States and the Philippine Islands. He urged the USA to take up the burden of empire that had been done in empires of the British and other European nations. The poem was widely criticized for a defense for imperialism. It also was criticized by proponents of imperialism.The White Man's Burden is a poem by the English poet Rudyard Kipling. Early imperialists understood the phrase "white man's burden" to be a characterization for imperialism that justified the policy as a noble enterprise.
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'The White man's burden' was a phrase coined by Rudyard Kipling. He said that the white men (Europeans) had been burdened with the task of civilizing the blacks or coloured peoples of Africa and Asia that the Europeans had conquered and subjected.
Another name for "white man's burden" was "civilizing mission."
"White man's burden" was a phrase originally coined by Rudyard Kipling in one of his poems. It was taken as a phrase to sum up imperialist thought through a Western-centric viewpoint. Essentially, it argues that whites had the right and obligation to rule over and try to improve "lesser" cultures by converting them to Western ways. For a parallel, look at the idea of being a "city upon a hill," or any case of cultural imperialism.
The audience for "The Black Man's Burden" include people who have some educational background and the imperialists.