How does H. T. Johnson use sarcasm in his poem "The Black Man's Burden"?

A. He says that the natives "tolerate" the imperialist armies' rifles, when those rifles are actually killing the natives.

B. He scorns the concept of labeling people by their skin color by labeling people "Red" and "Brown."

C. He ridicules Britain's soft-hearted dealings with the natives, who have shown only hard-hearted aggression towards civilization.

D. He says that the British have solved the "Black Man's" problems but have created their own "White Man" problems.

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Belen Buckley

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9 March, 19:06

How does H. T. Johnson use sarcasm in his poem "The Black Man's Burden"?

A. He says that the natives "tolerate" the imperialist armies' rifles, when those rifles are actually killing the natives.

B. He scorns the concept of labeling people by their skin color by labeling people "Red" and "Brown."

C. He ridicules Britain's soft-hearted dealings with the natives, who have shown only hard-hearted aggression towards civilization.

D. He says that the British have solved the "Black Man's" problems but have created their own "White Man" problems.

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Josh Burns · Answer 1

The answer is D. He says the British have solved the "Black Man's" problems but have created their own "White Man" problems

In his poem, he emphasizes that the Whites have thought highly of themselves. He mocks their idea of how the Whites should civilized the people they have conquered. He detest the idea of racism by labelling the people by their skin color. H. T Johnson sarcastically praised how the Whites was able to conquer the world with their weapons