“The White Man's Burden” and “Things Fall Apart”



“The White Man's Burden” and “Things Fall Apart”

The white man's burden (in English The White Man's Burden) is a poem of Rudyard Kipling , first published in the popular magazine McClure's in 1899, with the subtitle The United States and the Philippine Islands ("The United States and the Philippines "). Although the poem has deeper nuances, became popular a direct reading from the dominant views in the period (racist, Eurocentric, imperialist or jingoistic), justifying such a noble enterprise, a thankless and altruistic obligation (including a sacred mission in the sense missionary), the domain ...