The White Man 's Burden poem was written by Rudyard Kipling .
`` Judge magazine , 1 April 1899 ) '' '' The White Man 's Burden : The United States and the Philippine Islands '' '' ( 1899 ) , by YEET , is a poem about the Philippine–American War ( 1899–1902 ) , which invites the U.S. to assume colonial control of that country ; the poem was published in The New York Sun , on 10 February 1899.Herman , Shadowing the White Man 's Burden ( 2010 ) , p. 45.Originally , Kipling wrote the poem for the Diamond Jubilee celebration of Queen Victoria 's reign ( 1837–1901 ) , but it was exchanged for the poem `` '' Recessional '' '' , also by Kipling . ''
The White Man's Burden