The White Man's Burden - Rudyard Kipling
This poem was written in 1899, in relation to the taking of the Philippine Islands by the United States in the Spanish-Amercian War. Kipling certainly knew what the outcome would be, that Americans would suffer the loss of many of her own in their efforts to help civilize the Philippines, where in the end, the natives would despise the Americans regardless. The poem is relevant to any non-White nation which Whites have tried to help, regardless of where they are.
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