This cartoon depicts a Chinese man and an African man pulling a white man on a cart. The two men pulling the cart look completely miserable, while the white man looks very content. In the artist's opinion, imperialism in Africa and Asia was a horrible thing. It made the natives miserable slaves, while it only helped the conquering Europeans. I agree with the artist. I think this cartoon accurately depicts the situation of the Asian and African people who were conquered during this time period.
This cartoon depicts a European explorer carrying an African native up a hill to a school house in an effort to "civilize" him. This showed that the European was trying to carry out the "White Man's Burden" to civilize and Christianize the uncivilized people of the world. The artist thinks that this is wrong. This is obvious because the poor African has a look of despair on his face. He doesn't want to become like the Europeans. I agree with this cartoonist as well. It was wrong for the Europeans to try to change the African way of life, even if they felt it was their duty to do so.
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