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white man's burden

the alleged duty of the white peoples to bring their civilization to other peoples regarded as backward: phrase popularized by Kipling and other apologists for imperialism

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noun
The supposed or presumed responsibility of white people to govern and impart their culture to nonwhite people, often advanced as a justification for European colonialism.

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Origin: From “The White Man's Burden”, a poem by Rudyard Kipling

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