Go mark them with your living,
And mark them with your dead.
Take up the White Man's burden--
And reap his old reward:
The blame of those ye better,
The hate of those ye guard--
The cry of hosts ye humour
(Ah, slowly!) toward the light:--
"Why brought he us from bondage,
Our loved Egyptian night?"
Take up the White Man's burden--
Ye dare not stoop to less--
Nor call too loud on Freedom
To cloke your weariness;
By all ye cry or whisper,
By all ye leave or do,
This line (and following ones) is a reminder that advocating “Freedom” while denying colonized people their freedom to be uncivilized is not only hypocritical, but blatantly hypocritical. “Freedom” is not something you will achieve for anyone by taking up the White Man’s Burden, so when you do, don’t let it be your stated reason for doing it.
The White Mans Burden