<P> `` The White Man 's Burden : The United States and the Philippine Islands '' ( 1899 ) , by Rudyard Kipling , is a poem about the Philippine -- American War ( 1899 -- 1902 ) , in which he invites the United States to assume colonial control of that country . </P>
<P> `` The White Man 's Burden : The United States and the Philippine Islands '' ( 1899 ) , by Rudyard Kipling , is a poem about the Philippine -- American War ( 1899 -- 1902 ) , in which he invites the United States to assume colonial control of that country . </P>
who is being addressed in the white man 's burden
who is being addressed in the white man 's burden
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