Based loosely on a poem of the same title by Rudyard Kipling (1899) - it was the alleged duty of the white race (usually British, of course) to care for subject peoples of other races in its colonial possessions. Despite the fact that the other races didn't want to be governed by the white race in the first place, it was amazing that the British Empire lasted so long.
Rudyard Kipling
That the europeans had a responsibility to help those they conquered
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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.
cuz they got bleached.
"White Man's Burden" (1995). Stars John Travolta, Harry Belafonte.
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The concept of the white man's burden refers to the idea that Western powers had a moral duty to bring civilization and progress to non-European societies during the age of imperialism. It was used to justify the colonization and exploitation of native peoples in Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
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Whites should help civilize nonwhites.
The concept of the "Brown Man's Burden" was used to describe the responsibility of colonized peoples in contrast to the "White Man's Burden," which referred to the duty of Western nations to "civilize" and bring progress to non-European societies. Both ideas were used to justify imperialism, but the "White Man's Burden" perpetuated a racist and paternalistic view of non-Western cultures, while the "Brown Man's Burden" highlighted the struggles and oppression faced by indigenous peoples under colonial rule.
According to Kipling, the "white man's burden" was to educate the natives. He suggested that the reward should be praises and thanks for carrying the burden.
The Strong Man's Burden was created on 1913-09-06.
"The White Man's Burden" was written by Rudyard Kipling as a poem calling on the United States to take up the "burden" of empire, specifically in the context of American colonization of the Philippines in the late 19th century.