POEM
This poem is def a satire that is kind of racist and demeaning and is basically saying that the 'rich white man' has a duty to help the less fortunate, regardless of if they want the help or not. He also saw Imperialism as a burden that the White man was morally obligated to undertake, for the 'good of the colonized' aka one of the lines says: "To seek another's profit And work anothers gain".
VIDEO
I think that these days its the media that depicts different countries in a different light and creates new 'orientals' (word?) about them. For example, Slum Dog Millionaire (even though it was a great movie) did not portray India in the best light. Many people from that whole region were very angry in how Indians and Muslims were portrayed in the movie. Even though some incidents in the movie do occur in real life, i still think that it sends a very negative image to the rest of the world, especially people who haven't been to that country.
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