Read the following excerpt from British poet Rudyard Kipling’s “The White Man’s Burden,” written in 1899. How does it relate to European imperialism of the time? Take up the White Man’s burden send forth the best ye breed go blind your sons to exile to serve your captives’ need; To wait in heavy harness,
On fluttered folk and wild-
Your new-caught, sullen peoples,
Half-devil and half-child.
- Rudyard Kipling
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A. The Atlantic slave trade motivated Europeans to be imperialistic.
B. European nations often viewed colonized people as inferior to
Europeans.
C. Imperialist forces sometimes fell under the control of native
peoples
D. European imperialism was motivated by a desire to kill non-
Europeans.