"The White Man's Burden"

"The White Man's Burden" means that the the white man has certain duties to do in life. Relating to the poem, the white man's duty is to convert the Philippines into a civilized democratic place to live which was a difficult task for the white man. I do agree with some of the analysis of "The White Man's Burden", especially the point where the analysis explains white men being racist to people from the Philippines. An example of this racism from the white men has to do with the Philippines culture which was considered as uncivilized to the white men. Considering the the poem was written in 1899 about US imperialism in the Philippines, the United States is still imperialistic today, this time is in Iraq. But it is not the same imperialism that was described in "The White Man's Burden". The US wanted Iraq to become a democratic government, so they went to war to stop the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein. Now since the US is staying at Iraq, they will not leave until the Iraqi people can handle their new democratic government. This has nothing to do with the U.S. changing the Iraqi culture at any time, and it will never occur unless the U.S. government wants power.