"The White Man's Burden"

The concept of the “White Man’s Burden” is a belief that the superior race, the “white man”, is obligated to teach all other inferior races the practice of a higher level of organization. It is associated with imperialism. The poem “The White Man’s Burden” by Rudyard Kipling illustrates that belief. Imperialism was linked to social Darwinism, which was the belief that in the battle of nations, only the most fit will triumph and will survive. It was believed that the superior race was to dominate the inferior races by military force and show how strong they are. Europeans also took a religious point of view of this. They believed it was their Christian duty and moral responsibility to civilize these “ignorant” people. However this concept was believed, it would always be a manifestation of racism.
I don’t completely believe in this theory. In a sense, we should help other countries in their struggles to modernize. We should help them civilize, but if anything we should only counsel them on what to do. After they have gotten down how they want their government to be, we should guide them in their decision making. If we just start to try to change them and their own beliefs, their will be war, and that id proved by U.S. imperialism in the Philippines.
The U.S. is still imperialistic. That can be justified by our presence in Iraq. We still carry out the “White Man’s burden” today, thinking that it’s for the good, and it is, at times. We should help other countries out that are on the verge on self-destruction. But after we get the basis down, we should guide them in a slightly aggressive way to show those countries what is for the better, but still listen to what those countries beliefs are.