the white man's burden
/ðə ˌwaɪt mænz ˈbɜːdn/
/ðə ˌwaɪt mænz ˈbɜːrdn/
(old use, offensive)- a phrase that was used mainly in the 19th century to express the idea, now considered offensive, that European countries had a duty to control countries and organizations in parts of the world with less money, education or technology than Europe. The phrase was first used in a poem by Rudyard Kipling.
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the white man's burden