“Take up the White Man’s burden—
Send forth the best ye breed—
Go, bind 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.” – “White Man’s Burden”, 1st Stanza, Rudyard Kipling
Inner city children of America, “half-devil and half-child,” fear no more. Dr. Livingston [...]
April 3, 2009
The Smart Kid’s Burden: The “Raj” of Teach for America
“Take up the White Man’s burden—
Send forth the best ye breed—
Go, bind 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.” – “White Man’s Burden”, 1st Stanza, Rudyard Kipling
Inner city children of America, “half-devil and half-child,” fear no more. Dr. Livingston [...]
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