Answer: D. His poem was written to criticize imperialist practices and as a negative response to Kipling's poem.
The poem was written as a negative response to Kipling's poem "The White Man's Burden." In this poem, Kipling argues that the white race has the responsibility of educating, and bringing civilization, to other less advanced people. Kipling thinks this is why imperialism is also a "burden" for the colonizers. H. T. Johnson disagrees with Kipling's view, and asks imperialists to stop trying to solve other countries' "problems" and instead leave them alone.
