H. t. johnson, an african american preacher, wrote "the black man’s burden" as a response to kipling’s work. pile on the black man's burden. 'tis nearest at your door; why heed long bleeding cuba, or dark hawaii's shore? hail ye your fearless armies, which menace feeble folks who fight with clubs and arrows and brook your rifle's smoke. . . . you've sealed the red man's problem, and will take up the brown, in vain ye seek to end it, with bullets, blood or death better by far defend it with honor's holy breath. -"the black man’s burden," h. t. johnson, 1899 what point of view does johnson express in this poem? imperialists rely on military might to unfairly conquer other cultures. europeans need to share their civilization with other cultures. americans could benefit from becoming imperialists like the europeans. imperialism becomes a problem only when colonies are located too far away.