The White Man's Burden

In February 1899, Rudyard Kipling wrote and published a poem about his beliefs on the duty of the white man to 'educate' and 'civilize' other cultures and countries.  We discuss how those lines, and the doctrine of imperialism it fueled, had real effects on the world as we know it, as well as how the "White Man's Burden" is still alive in the minds of people today. 

 
Check out the following links for more information:
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5478/

http://peacehistory-usfp.org/1898-1899

https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/violenceinafrica/sample-page/the-philosophy-of-colonialism-civilization-christianity-and-commerce/ 

https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/pre-1840-contact/frontier-of-chaos 

https://pulitzercenter.org/projects/signs-your-identity-forced-assimilation-education-indigenous-youth 

https://www.nyudri.org/aidwatcharchive/2009/09/how-the-british-invented-%E2%80%9Cdevelopment%E2%80%9D-to-keep-the-empire-and-substitute-for-racism 

https://projecthumanities.asu.edu/content/cultural-appropriation 

https://intentionaltravelers.com/problems-with-mission-trips/

https://synapse.ucsf.edu/articles/2016/05/10/do-healthcare-mission-trips-cause-more-harm-good