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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.
Apocalyptic Demography- The labelling of older people as a burden to society, also called "catastrophic" or "voodoo: demography. Gee described apocalyptic demography as 'an ideology....a set of beliefs that justifies (or rationalizes) action....wherein the beliefs converge on the idea that an aging population has negative implications for societal resources- which get funneled to the sick, old, and retired at the expense of the healthy, the young, and the working'.
In Sophocles' "Oedipus Rex," the Choragos describes Teiresias as a blind prophet endowed with profound wisdom and insight. Despite his physical blindness, Teiresias possesses the ability to see the truth that others cannot, highlighting the irony of knowledge and ignorance in the play. The Choragos acknowledges his revered status and the burden of his prophetic abilities, emphasizing that true sight often comes from understanding deeper truths beyond mere appearance.
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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.
Another name for "white man's burden" was "civilizing mission."
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The civilizing mission
"White Man's Burden" is another name for civilizing mission, referring to the belief that Western nations had a duty to bring their civilization to non-Western societies.
The term "civilizing mission" was used to justify the idea that Western powers had a duty to impose their culture, values, and institutions on non-Western societies in order to bring about progress and development. It was often linked to the concept of the "white man's burden," which depicted non-Western societies as uncivilized and in need of Western guidance and control.
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Europeans believed it was their duty to bring civilization, Christianity, and modernity to the regions they colonized. They often justified their actions by claiming a civilizing mission or a "white man's burden" to uplift and educate indigenous peoples.