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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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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White Man's Burden: responsibilty of white people to impart their culture the the black people due to european colonialism

Posted by anonymous 37 days ago.

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