Summary Of The White Man's Burden

As horrifying as it is to think about, comparisons can be made between the situations of current workers in third-world countries and the plight of the African slaves in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In many of the current poverty-stricken places seen around the globe, sweatshops are developed in order to employ laborers. Sweatshops are described as places of abysmal working conditions with low pay and tedious hours. In the article, "Black People in a White People's Country," Gary Nash notes that the African slave trade was originally developed to "fill labor shortages in the economies of its European initiators and their commercial partners." This description is similar to the motive behind the employment of third-world sweatshop workers. Both systems, ancient and modern, include the need for more laborers and disregard the vital needs of their employees/slaves as long as the work is getting done. Workers are harmfully exploited in both

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”, ...

The idea of Imperialism a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. The two readings of The white man’s burden and The Black Man's Burden: The White Man in Africa from the Fifteenth Century to World War I show to different sides of people and how they were affected by imperialism.

Starting in the mid-nineteenth century, Europeans developed a superiority complex when comparing themselves to the people of less-developed nations. During the age of imperialism, many European powers ventured into Asian, African, and South American lands in order to colonize and impose the rules of Western society. Rudyard Kipling’s poem, “The White Man’s Burden”, properly depicted the racist ideals that developed with imperialism, as Europeans believed it was their duty to civilize the people they viewed as savages. Europeans held a racially superior point of view for almost an entire century. In the latter half of the twentieth century, however, waves of immigrants began flooding into various European nations. This caused the perception

Native Americans have been around for many of years. They were around for 10,000-30,000 years. This proves them to be the one of the first civilizations to begin in our country. In Daniel Richter’s prologue, he describes Native Americans in terms of “agency” through discussing their agriculture, culture, and civilization as a whole. The Never forgotten article portrays the tragedy of the Native American population through discussing their negative stereotypes and the “White Man’s Burden”. As a result of the “White Man’s Burden”, we see misconceptions of their humanity and culture. In the story of Pocahontas, we do not get the view of a Native American individual, instead an Englishman by the name of John Smith tells a narrative of Indian Princess, Pocahontas in his point of view. This causes inaccuracy in history through misconception of Native American culture, their beliefs, and always thinking negative/bad about them. In this case, John Smith talked very provocatively amongst Pocahontas. He sexualized her and talked about her physical traits and not so much how she was as a true person. In Daniel Richter’s Prologue: Early America as Indian, Never Forgotten, and Pocahontas, they describe Native American life before the Europeans came to America as civilized, diverse, and lively as well as depicted misconceptions of their culture and humanity through conveying an importance in historical agency and its role in developing a thriving civilization.

On one side of the issue the supporters of developmental aid believe that the United States is doing more than a great job by offering economic assistance to countries that need help to develop. These individuals are aware of the unfortunate poverty levels in many countries abroad. They believe that it is the duty of the American people to help reduce the poverty levels in countries in which people live with less than a dollar a day. In fact, some supporters believe that the U.S. is not offering enough support to the poorer countries. Many have

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”.

1. According to Kipling, and in your own words, what was the "White Man's Burden?"

Riddell, Roger C. 2007. Does Foreign Aid Really Work? 1st ed. OXFORD: Oxford University Press, USA.

Source one represents the relationship shared between the Europeans, and the First Nations. At this time “White Man's Burden” was in effect. It was the purest form of Eurocentrism, the europeans “assimilated” the first nations, not because they wanted to, but because they felt that they had to correct them. However doing this they felt it as though it was an irritation, because they saw them as uncivilized savages. This caused the residential school epidemic which didn't cease until 1996 (when the last residential school was shut down). Children were sent to these schools to be rehabilitated and learn the language and religion of the Europeans. For the children who survived the journey to the residential schools they faced an even more gruesome

What was once perceived to be ‘the white man’s burden’ has engulfed all developed nations – we’re all quixotic fools of imperialism. If you think that you’ve heard of ‘the white man’s burden’ before you’re correct, it is a poetic piece by Kipling; written in 1898 for the purpose of the US (United States). The finale verse is poignant to all: "Take up the white man’s burden, have done with childish days, the lighter proffered laurel, the easy, ungrudged praise. Comes now, to search your manhood through all the thankless years, cold edged with dear bought wisdom, the judgement of your peers!" If you find it deficient of beauty and description it’s because the expansion of its meaning shifts in an emporium tenor. I wish to pass this on to Alexis Tsipras.

The primary answer is that interventions in the Western poor countries from the World Bank developmental projects to military “peace building” has been influenced by the Planners rather than the Searchers. Easterly explains that the Planners are pressuring utopian goals and implement them with small scale local knowledge from beneficiaries. Whereas, Searchers look to first understanding the needs of the beneficiaries and then draw from the local knowledge and develop practical ways of fulfilling the needs. This leads to a deeper question of why and how a Planners features often frustrate a Searchers. Easterly answers this by stating: “The strings are not held by the poor, who’s interests the aid establishment should serve, but by rich country politicians who have little knowledge of the poor.

The aid provided by rich countries to poor countries is merely deemed as charity and not appreciated enough. Furthermore, aid in the form of monetary relief ends up never reaching the people in aid, instead it is consumed by the corrupt committees. To say that aid should not be given is a strong statement made by Garrett Hardin, but in some instances, his claims do mirror reality. However, other claims made by the author are not in agreement and makes him appear rather ethnocentric. To summarize, aid should be given, not through money, but by educating third world countries.

The original poem “The White Man's Burden” main concept is imperialism. The poet, Rudyard Kipling, believes that imperialism is a burden for the white man however it is necessary. The poem, “The Real White Man’s Burden” written by Ernest Crosby, uses the elements of satire (irony, humor, wit and exaggeration) to compare the concept of what the white man’s burden really is. “We’ve made a pretty mess at home; let’s make a mess abroad”. Crosby is going against the idea of imperialism that Kipling believes in because he believes that countries choose to imperialise because they can no longer control their own country.