WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In the decolonisation of the developing world, the phrase the white man’s burden is synonymous with colonial domination, to illustrate the falsity of the good intentions of Western neo-colonialism towards the non-white peoples of the world.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kipling’s aim was to encourage the American government to take over the Philippines, one of the territorial prizes of the Spanish-American War, and rule it with the same energy, honor, and beneficence that, he believed, characterized British rule over the nonwhite populations of India and Africa.

Detailed explanation-3: -In February 1899, British novelist and poet Rudyard Kipling wrote a poem entitled “The White Man’s Burden: The United States and The Philippine Islands.” In this poem, Kipling urged the U.S. to take up the “burden” of empire, as had Britain and other European nations.

Detailed explanation-4: -According to the poem, what is the “white man’s burden"? The white man’s burden, according to the poem, is to civilize those deemed uncivilized by ruling them.