white man's burden

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Definitions of white man's burden words

noun white man's burden the alleged duty of white colonizers to care for nonwhite indigenous subjects in their colonial possessions. 1
noun white man's burden the supposed duty of the White race to bring education and Western culture to the non-White inhabitants of their colonies 0
noun white man's burden the alleged duty of the white peoples to bring their civilization to other peoples regarded as backward 0

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This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

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