| 单词 | white man's burden |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite man's burden white man's burden n. (with the) the task, believed by white people, esp. white colonizers, to be incumbent upon them, of imposing Western values and culture on the non-white inhabitants of a country, esp. a (former) European colony. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > [noun] > of white races burdenc971 white man's burden1865 society > society and the community > social attitudes > racial attitudes > [noun] > racism > race theory > responsibility of white people for other races white man's burden1865 1865 Southern Christian Advocate 21 Sept. 2/1 Addition to the general wealth begins and not only is the white man's burden removed, but the other race begins to promote the material prosperity of the country. 1899 R. Kipling White Man's Burden in McClure's Mag. Feb. 291 Take up the White Man's burden—Ye dare not stoop to less. 1922 C. E. M. Joad Common-sense Theol. 135 Little nationalised Jingoes who are ready enough to adopt any parrot cry such as ‘The White Man's Burden’, or ‘The Kultur of the Fatherland’. 1966 Observer 17 Apr. 10/6 In the seventies we can and should lay down the White Man's Burden with a clear conscience. 2010 G. Murphy Shadowing White Man's Burden 19 The image of an African American shouldering the white man's burden spotlights the inadequacy of racial narratives of empire. < as lemmas |
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