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What is the “White Man’s Burden”? How did Europeans use it to justify their colonial conquests?

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Answer:they thought that they were genetically superior to other races. They believed they were superior to the rest of the world previous to the idea of social Darwinism, but this new idea backed their thought. Since they believed themselves to be superior, they saw it as their right as Christians and superior humans to spread their modern and advanced ways with "inferior" races.

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