32 min

The White Man's Burden History Written By The Losers

    • History

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 

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 

32 min

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