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What does Rudyard Kipling mean by half devil and half child?

In the poem "The White Man's Burden," Rudyard Kipling refers to the colonized people as being "half devil and half child," suggesting that they are devious and childish in nature, and therefore in need of the guidance and control of the colonial powers. This phrase reflects the racist and paternalistic attitudes prevalent during the era of European imperialism.


White mans burden was a poem written by Rudyard Kipling about?

The poem expressed how it's the white man's responsibility (burden) to civilize non-civilized/non-white people. The poem depicts these people (Natives, Cubans, Filipinos, Africans, etc) as "half devil and half child", which gives off the imagery for many that these people are not normal. Kipling believed that white men should be praised for this, and that's basically what the poem is about.


What are the release dates for Half Devil Half Child - 2012?

Half Devil Half Child - 2012 was released on: USA: 27 October 2012 (Billings, Montana)


What actors and actresses appeared in Half Devil Half Child - 2012?

The cast of Half Devil Half Child - 2012 includes: Didarul Alam as himself Edward Ayub as himself David Babul as himself James Tushar Halder as himself


What do you call a half black and half white?

A half-white and half-black child is called a Multiracial.


The phrase your new caught sullen people’s half devil and half child is an example of what belief that Europeans used to justify imperialism?

Scientific racism


Will a mulatto mother and a white father produce a white child?

Depends on what the other parent is. If the mulatto parent was half black and half white, the child would be 25% black, 25% white, and 50% whatever the other parent is.


Can a white woman have a black child?

Yes, if the father is Black, though her child would be half Black.


Is ray allen's wife black?

Shannon is a biracial child. She is half white/half black.


Can a non white father white children?

Hmm... yes. Not racially "white," but very light-skinned. If you are, say, a "Halfrican" (half white and half African American), and your partner is completely white, you could have a very fair-skinned child. It's all about pigmentation in the skin. (Just make sure the child never goes tanning. Haha.)


What was the white man's burden''?

The White Man's Burden (a poem) by Rudyard KiplingTake up the White Man's burden--Send forth the best ye breed--Go bind your sons to exileTo serve your captives' need;To wait in heavy harness,On fluttered folk and wild--Your new-caught, sullen peoples,Half-devil and half-child.Take up the White Man's burden--In patience to abide,To veil the threat of terrorAnd check the show of pride;By open speech and simple,An hundred times made plainTo seek another's profit,And work another's gain.Take up the White Man's burden--The savage wars of peace--Fill full the mouth of FamineAnd bid the sickness cease;And when your goal is nearestThe end for others sought,Watch sloth and heathen FollyBring all your hopes to nought.Take up the White Man's burden--No tawdry rule of kings,But toil of serf and sweeper--The tale of common things.The ports ye shall not enter,The roads ye shall not tread,Go mark them with your living,And mark them with your dead.Take up the White Man's burden--And reap his old reward:The blame of those ye better,The hate of those ye guard--The cry of hosts ye humour(Ah, slowly!) toward the light:--"Why brought he us from bondage,Our loved Egyptian night?"Take up the White Man's burden--Ye dare not stoop to less--Nor call too loud on FreedomTo cloke your weariness;By all ye cry or whisper,By all ye leave or do,The silent, sullen peoplesShall weigh your gods and you.Take up the White Man's burden--Have done with childish days--The lightly proferred laurel,The easy, ungrudged praise.Comes now, to search your manhoodThrough all the thankless yearsCold, edged with dear-bought wisdom,The judgment of your peers!


What was the ''white man's burden''?

The White Man's Burden (a poem) by Rudyard KiplingTake up the White Man's burden--Send forth the best ye breed--Go bind your sons to exileTo serve your captives' need;To wait in heavy harness,On fluttered folk and wild--Your new-caught, sullen peoples,Half-devil and half-child.Take up the White Man's burden--In patience to abide,To veil the threat of terrorAnd check the show of pride;By open speech and simple,An hundred times made plainTo seek another's profit,And work another's gain.Take up the White Man's burden--The savage wars of peace--Fill full the mouth of FamineAnd bid the sickness cease;And when your goal is nearestThe end for others sought,Watch sloth and heathen FollyBring all your hopes to nought.Take up the White Man's burden--No tawdry rule of kings,But toil of serf and sweeper--The tale of common things.The ports ye shall not enter,The roads ye shall not tread,Go mark them with your living,And mark them with your dead.Take up the White Man's burden--And reap his old reward:The blame of those ye better,The hate of those ye guard--The cry of hosts ye humour(Ah, slowly!) toward the light:--"Why brought he us from bondage,Our loved Egyptian night?"Take up the White Man's burden--Ye dare not stoop to less--Nor call too loud on FreedomTo cloke your weariness;By all ye cry or whisper,By all ye leave or do,The silent, sullen peoplesShall weigh your gods and you.Take up the White Man's burden--Have done with childish days--The lightly proferred laurel,The easy, ungrudged praise.Comes now, to search your manhoodThrough all the thankless yearsCold, edged with dear-bought wisdom,The judgment of your peers!