"The White Man's Burden"

The poem is trying to say that white people rule because they feel that they have to do it. They think that they have to be more superior than others, that they have to be the best. Yes, I do believe that the US is still imperialistic today. They are still living the white man's burden today. A great example of that is what is going on in Iraq. The US is taking it over and destroying it little by little.