Question

Who does the artist believe really carries the burden of white and colonization? What details in the cartoon lead you to this conclusion? Provide a response of 75 to 100 words.

Answer 1

The artist believes that what carries the burden of white imperialism and colonialism is the Manifested Destiny that makes the United States expands and colonize, and its mission to civilize native people in other territories.
Rudyard Kipling wrote the poem "The White's Man Burden: the United States and the Philippine Islands" in 1899. In the poem, Kippling asks the United States to accept the control of the Philippines, although he warns about the costs, risks in controlling that new territory.

Answer 2

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The caption of the cartoon repeats the phrase “the white man’s burden,” but it does so with a question mark after the word white. That question mark immediately casts doubt on whether the mostly white imperialists are really bearing a heavy burden at all. The image reinforces this doubt by showing large Westerners being carried like burdens on the backs of hard-working victims of colonization. With these two devices, the cartoon mocks European nations for claiming that they bear a burden at all. Instead, the cartoon gets across the idea that white imperialists are imposing a huge burden on those they colonize.

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