The excerpt is from an African American poem called "The Black Man’s Burden.”Pile on the Black Man’s Burden.'Tis nearest at your door;Why heed long bleeding Cuba,or dark Hawaii’s shore?Hail ye your fearless armies,Which menace feeble folksWho fight with clubs and arrowsand brook your rifle’s smoke.–H.T. Johnson, The Black Man’s Burden, 1899What point of view does the poem’s author express?
Answer
A
Cuba and Hawaii could benefit most from imperialism.
B
Imperialist armies are easily repelled by Indigenous armies.
C
Imperialism is more about bullying than heroism.
D
Black Americans were wrong to fight imperialism.
Explanation
The poem mocks imperialist armies for threatening “feeble folks” who fight with clubs and arrows, while those armies use rifles. This contrast suggests that imperialism is not heroic conquest but the bullying of less powerful people. Choice C, “Imperialism is more about bullying than heroism,” best expresses the author’s point of view.
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