Rudyard Kipling: Poems
Why should Western nations take up the “white man’s burden”?
Why should western nations take up the white man’s burden
Why should western nations take up the white man’s burden
The "white man's burden" refers to the duty of Westerners to the rest of the world. Kipling is referring to British colonization and the necessity of sending people to those colonized areas to end starvation, disease, and to care for the native peoples. Kipling uses this poem in support of Imperialism.