The Bite of the Adder, or can only Whites be Racist?
By Michael Woodbridge: “Take up the White Man’s burden And reap his old reward, the blame of those ye better The hate of those ye guard…” When the United States relieved Spain of the responsibility for administering the Philippines, Kipling wrote these words to his friend Theodore Roosevelt, as a warning about the consequences of taking on an imperial role. Likewise, Mark Twain declared that the colours of the American flag should be changed from…