Sir Hubert Murray's statement in the 1933 that "we are not trying to make the brown man white; we are trying to make him a better brown man than he was before" is an example of __________.

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Sir Hubert Murray's statement reflects the idea of the "white man's burden," which was a belief popular during European colonialism, that it was the duty of white people to civilize and "improve" non-white people. The statement implies that the goal of colonialism was not to make non-white people white but to make them better versions of themselves, according to the standards set by white people.

Sir Hubert Murray's Statement in the 1933 That "We Are