The White Man's Burden

Nobody Colonizes Innocently Colonialism is still affecting modern society in a more insidious manner, through neoliberalism. The same mechanisms that justified the implementation of colonialism are allowing for neoliberal practices to propagate systematic inequality in order to maintain the imperialist power dynamic. Although colonialism has formally ended, it has left a legacy of oppression that has yet to be reconciled. Even though these nations have newly attained liberty, they still remain…

Africa under European control! During 1800’s, the 19th century, imperialism, the taking over a country occurred. What prevented this during previous years was the disease malaria. Malaria is a blood disease that can be spread by mosquitoes in tropical areas, Africa being one of them. After a cure was found, it permitted Europeans to take over. The key components that triggered European Imperialism in Africa are economics, politics, and cultural ways of life. The desire for making more money…

Do you ever wonder what the driving forces were behind the crazy European imperialism in Africa during the 19th century? Between 1500 and 1800 the main reason Europeans lived in Africa was to buy, sell, and trade slaves. But most didn’t make it back to Europe due to the sickness and death from Malaria. But, in 1833 British slavery was finally outlawed. Unfortunately in the 1880s King Leopold of Belgium, brought back slavery to an all time high. Not only that but also caused as many as 10,000,000…

de white man throw down de load and tell de nigger man tuh pick it up. He pick it up because he have to, but he don’t tote it. He hand it to his womenfolks. De nigger woman is de mule ud de world so fur as Ah can see." In this metaphor, Nanny tells Janie that the African American women are the mule of the world. Nanny starts it off by talking about a white man being on top of the society and looking down at African American people. This “load” they talk about would be something like a burden.…

In the novel Heart of Darkness Marlow and his journey prove as a guide in revealing the true intentions of European imperialism. As it becomes revealed along this journey that the men who work for the Company justify their treatment of the native Africans as a part of European imperialism. These men also mention that their treatment of the natives is a part of the idea of imperialism to “civilize” the “uncivilized”. During Kurtz’s entire stay in the Congo, he’s open about his actions/treatments…

they used social Darwinism to tell everyone that it was the Europeans that first descended onto Earth, and it was they that established all colonies that exist nowadays. The Europeans also thought that they were let with “The White Man’s Burden”, that it was their duty, or “burden”, to bring sense to the other civilizations. Due to this, they also believed that it was their right and responsibility to colonize foreign countries; impose their belief and ways of life.…

Europeanisation of the world Imperialism began around the sixteenth century and lasted into the nineteenth century, but you could still see the effects of imperialism all the way into mid twentieth century. Under imperialism many European countries developed to become a stronger countries. Multiple nations after becoming stronger, attempted to gain power over other weak nations. By the early to mid-seventeenth century, many European countries were developing economically and trying to expand…

The Scramble for Africa, when European countries rushed to claim land in Africa to colonize, a period of time after the Berlin conference in 1884, a meeting between European powers discuss splitting parts of Africa among them while not including any African leaders in the meeting. Before the Berlin Conference the European countries for 300 years from 1500 to 1800, were trading along the coast of west Africa. They traded for gold, ivory, and slaves, but never did they venture deep into Africa.…

Rudyard Kipling was a British author and poet who was raised in India during the time of Imperialism. He has written many pieces of literature such as " The Jungle Book" , "White Man's Burden", "The man who would be King" and much more, which all consists the theme of race, imperialism and culture.In his poems and novels, he writes situations which could be described as racist. Such as, describing native Indians as "savages" ," half devil, half child". But his poems and novels can also be…

Imperialism extremely impacted foreign policies in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th century. The Monroe Doctrine paved the way for foreign policies in the United States before the 19th century. In the 1900’s domestic affairs became less significant, as foreign affairs began rising in importance. The American foreign policy was shaped by imperialism through business interests, military significance, and an increase in Social Darwinism. With the business interests expanding,…