…the “white man’s burden”….

Remember that movie of the same name with John Travolta and Harry Belafonte? If I recall correctly, I liked it. I think the film was intended to be thought-provoking, leading us to ponder what it would be like if the tables were turned and maybe even to point to the absurdity of the race game in America. But  I also remember being kinda horrified thinking, “If this was the reality of the race chain, with blacks on top and whites on the bottom, I’d still be royally screwed!”

I did a google image search for  “white man’s burden” and here’s what I found…

Outrageous! Like, I’m literally in an outrage. How about we paint the real story and depict the black men and women carrying the pious white people on their backs while they till the fields and pick the cotton in the hot sun with little nourishment all the while making the white man richer, fatter, heavier!  I think Kara Walker got it right…