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White man's burden   /waɪt mænz bˈərdən/   Listen
White man's burden

noun
1.
The supposed responsibility of the white race to provide care for their non-white subjects.





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"White man's burden" Quotes from Famous Books



... the cogency of his friend's reasoning, and, after agreeing to meet Witherspoon in the Astor Rotunda each evening until the sailing of the "Fuerst Bismarck," he proceeded to the office to take up the white man's burden. ...
— The Midnight Passenger • Richard Henry Savage
... out. You're interferin'. This is the white man's burden." With a sudden sweep of his arm he tore the gun from the Indian's hand, and waved him imperiously away, just as the crowd on the porch of the Silver Dollar parted and Borax ...
— The Long Chance • Peter B. Kyne


Words linked to "White man's burden" :   responsibility, obligation, duty


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