Sunday, December 16, 2007

"The White Mans Burden"


The poem "The white Man's burden", written by Rudyard Kipling, speaks about the European rule over the Africans and Asians. The Europeans believed that they were doing the conquered people favor a by teaching them manors and how to be civilized. The "white man" took the burden off of the people by controlling their land and taking all of their responsibility. In return this would also benefit the Europeans. European imperialism would widely spread through Asia and Africa. I do not agree with the justification from the Europeans about imperialism in Africa. The technological advantages of the colonist made it very easy for them to conquer Africa. The white mans burden speaks was written in 1899 about U.S imperialism in the Philippines. I don't believe that one-hundred years later the us is still living the white mans burden. The us does not go to other countries and conquer their people and land. Its not possible!!

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