Comparing The White Man's Burden And The Copy Right

America’s role in the international arena during the 1900s is best captured in the poem by Kipling, “The White Man’s Burden” and had been clearly articulated in the speeches of Roosevelt and Beveridge. The American government believed that it is the American duty to interfere and be an influential power in the civilizing of nations that American’s perceived as unable to rule over themselves or as savages, illiterate, and the cause of chaos which ultimately affects the America’s vision of successful world commercial activities. However, it must be clarified that this goal is characterized by conflicted opinions within the American nation itself. Some believed that America should not interfere with the fate of other nations and argue for their

In the cartoon, John Bull and Uncle Sam, who represent Britain and America respectively, are portrayed to climb the mountain with carrying the burden of people from the colonised territories of Britain (China, India, Egypt, and Soudan) and America (Filipino, Porto Rico, Cuba, Samoa, and Hawaii), which definitively illustrates Kipling’s poem titled “The White Man’s Burden”. We can see the contradictory facial expression between these two white carriers, who must suffer the ponderousness of the journey, and the people inside the burden, who appear to be very jubilant and partly to gloat over the carriers below them. This contrast also opposes to the conventional racism against non-white, non-Western, and non-Christian people. These rocks of the mountain are also carved with different words which are supposed to characterise the white-privilege class of British and American society in 19th century, such as “barbarism”, “ignorance”, “oppression”, “brutality”, ...

Without a doubt, black men in the United States continue to be excessively “incarcerated, policed, and sentenced to death at significantly higher rates than their white counterparts (Kerby 2).” Portrayals in the media have depicted black men as thugs and common criminals; these negative stereotypes demoralize men of color and allow society to believe and internalize this destructive thinking. The racial disparities that exist in the criminal justice system are an indirect consequence of the portrayals of African American men that circulate in society. Because of racial disparities that occur in the United States it consequently threatens communities of color by “disenfranchising thousands by limiting voting rights and denying equal access to employment, housing, public benefits, and education to millions more (Kerby 2).”

Racism seems to be a common topic this century, almost letting us know, it’s not

Throughout Reconstruction, southern whites felt constantly threatened by legislation providing rights for former slaves. The Civil Rights Bill of 1875 was the last rights bill passed by congress during reconstruction. It protected all Americans’ (including blacks) access to public accommodations such as trains. With the threat of complete equality constantly looming, violence toward former slaves gradually increased in the years following the Civil War. Beatings and murders were committed by organized groups like the Ku Klux Klan, out-of-control mobs, and individual white southern men. During Reconstruction, white southerners had limited governmental power, so they resorted to violence in order to control

The United States, even though considered the land of freedom, has been struggling with lingering racism and discrimination throughout the 19th and 20th century. Democratic reform throughout the century were implanted to eliminate the “tyranny of the white majority” Yet many scholars like Tocqueville, Fredrick Harris and WEB DuBois have challenged these results. The reality is that the tyranny of white majority has continued throughout the 18th to the 21st century resulting in a society that has suppressed and constantly failed to integrate African American into the white society by neglecting the race, using natural prejudice, race neutral policies, and laws that benefited whites more than African Americans.

Our country was founded on the notion that “all men are created equal,” while this concept is an integral part of America’s Declaration of Independence, the fundamental idea has never genuinely been practiced. Our country established a white supremacy culture in its founding days, and has accepted the concept since. White supremacy is the belief that white people are superior to those of all other races. Although there have been valiant efforts, the inequality of the races has never been truly rectified. People are not born practicing white privilege. White privilege is taught, and learned. America’s school system, media, and culture are driving factors that lead white privilege to be a custom within society today.

In a life threatened by drugs, theft, and violence, African American Roland G. Fryer was able to conquer many hardships and excel in his education as well as his research. He completed his B.A. at the University of Texas at Arlington and went on to earn his Ph.D. in economics from Penn State University. “Acting White,” a scholarly journal published in 2006, is defined by Fryer as interactions in society where minority adolescents who receive good grades don’t reach a high level of popularity as a white adolescent would. The essay studies a specific trend among high-achieving minority students stating, “these gifted students tend to be less popular the more academically successful they are” (Fryer, 5422). In his essay, Fryer argues that the phenomenon of acting white takes place when minority adolescents who achieve academically tend to be less popular when they are compared to white students who also do well academically. He found that this phenomenon is more noticeable in racially-mixed schools than in one-race dominant schools and is attributable to what he calls “group identity”. Fryer also believes that other studies about this phenomenon are biased and so he tries to establish and employ his own method so that it is the most unbiased in his essay.

William Apess was a Native American Methodist minister from Massachusetts with a voice that wanted to be heard. He was one of the first to call out racism against people of color and its ties to Christianity, as he was a very reglious man. Being that he was religious, he didn't see how there could be love from God and Christ but such bitter racism against Native Americans and slaves. His paper sermon "An Indian's Looking-Glass for the White Man", expresses his animosity and confusion towards the colonist, also known as the white people. William showed how hypocritical and unholy these colonist actually were, and this sermon opens your eyes more than ever before.

The burdens to the white men are the “newly- caught sullen people”. According to the text they are half devil and half child. This referrers to their child-like and devilish behaviors. Kipling feels that it is racist and wrong. The poem gives strong details about how this pertains to imperialism and Kipling’s views about it. He thinks it is wrong “to seek another’s profit and work another’s gain” and guide people “slowly to the light”. “Slowly to the light” hints that the white men were trying to guide them to Christianity and change them. I know this because Jesus is often referred to as the “light”. It is important for the white men to assume or take for granted the burden so they can “gain profit by others”.

From the earliest years of European settlement in North America, whites enslaved and oppressed black people. Although the Civil War finally brought about the abolition of slavery, a harsh system of white supremacy persisted thereafter. In the early twentieth century, African Americans in the South and in many parts of nearby border states were banned from associating with whites in a host of institutions and public accommodations—schools, hospitals, old folks’ homes, rest rooms, waiting rooms, railroad cars, hotels, restaurants, lunch counters, parks and beaches, swimming pools, libraries, concert halls, and movie theaters. Some recreational areas posted signs, “Negroes and Dogs Not Allowed.” Racial discrimination deprived Southern blacks of decent jobs and schools and of elementary rights of citizenship, including voting. White intimidation and violence, including lynching, remained an ever-present threat. Outside of the South, blacks had legal rights, but they suffered from widespread discrimination and from de facto residential and school segregation.

In the news you hear stories of how another black male have been sent to prison. Why? He was selling drugs. A petty crime like that gets a black male at least 10 years in prison. Whereas, a white male selling drug gets probation. African American is portrayed as thugs who sell drugs and are always in the streets terrorizing people. Like, in the article, THE FIGHT FOR BLACK MEN, by Joshua Dubois. This man named Joe lived in a black typical life style. HE was fatherless. At a young age, he started to use narcotics. Later, he was caught by the cops and sent to jail. Then, he met someone that taught him how to become more knowledgeable about how to sell drugs in the streets. This lifestyle is the stereotypical lifestyle of Black males or Black people in general. People assume that ‘ALL’ African Americans are the same. They rob you, use drugs, goes to jail. Fatherless, and not educated. No one would ever have the thought that there are some black people that are educated and they are not thugs. In another article, Black Men and Public Space, by Brent Staples; the characters describe how his first encounter with racism is when he was behind a white woman, who thought he was going to rob her. So, she started to run. He mentions that just because he was wearing baggy clothes and black, she automatically thought the worst of him. In addition, another stereotype for Black males is that they are not educated. In Black Boys in Crisis: The School-To-Prison Pipeline, it states that

Through each hardship that Black men encounter throughout the years and today, many are resisting from mass incarceration and abuse through education. There are Black men in prison who are not educated and cannot be educated while in prison because of their system. 23 hours are dedicated to being inside of a prison cell and one hour is dedicated to them being outside. If they were released from prison, they would not be able to get a job because they are labeled as a felon, but also because they are uneducated in certain areas. They are declined from jobs because of their uneducated backgrounds. The difference in unemployment rates for Black men and White men are over 20 percent of a difference. Because of the educational and economic system, it has lead to the disproportionate involvement of Black men with the criminal justice system. But Black men resisting from the prison system, has enlightened some of America. The strategies that are used to value education and educating others are very important, many of people are educating others on mass incarceration and the abuse they face while in prison.

"Then came Negro riots near a scale of war in the ghettos of at least a dozen major American cities" (pg. 224) The Armies of the Night, which is a dazzling artifact to read, shows the way of life and attitudes at a conflict with the prevailing social norm of the late 1960 's but also an encounter of nonfiction in its own extreme experience. The short chapters each portrays the observations and experiences that were made by the author Mailer. Nature and characters that are talked about scene by scene are developed through dialogue that Mailer overhears or dialogue that he himself participates in. Robert Lowell and Norman Mailer has some connections in their own individual writings over this period. Lowell pictures a nation that is lightheartedly mixed, in its own way to please others in materialistic interests and its disinterest regarding the historical sacrifice and its opposition to the racial equality. On the other hand, Mailer 's ideology thrust on the struggle for racial equality and the way blacks are represented in this era. African Americans in the 1960 's faced many challenges such as racial segregation and discrimination which the civil rights movement composed to end.

Rudyard Kipling’s 1899 poem “The White Man’s Burden” epitomizes the European man’s view on imperialism, Euro-centrism and social Darwinism. Four centuries before 1899, such ideas were briefly hinted in the letter from Christopher Columbus to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, however by 1899 these attitudes strengthened and developed fully into their complete meaning. The U.S and Europe’s imperialism in the nineteenth century were the most influential ever in the history of human civilization. The immense motive for imperialism came from social factors including religion and Social Darwinism.