the white man's burden
/ðə ˌwaɪt mænz ˈbɜːdn/
/ðə ˌwaɪt mænz ˈbɜːrdn/
(old use, rather offensive)- a phrase that was used mainly in the 19th century to express the idea that European countries had a duty to run the countries and organizations of people in other parts of the world with less money, education or technology than the Europeans. The phrase was first used in a poem by Rudyard Kipling.