The famous Richard Kipling´s phrase is usually interpreted as a statement of the alleged mission of Europeans to bring civilization and progress to backward peoples. It is seen as a racist justification of colonization of other peoples by many critics, as a statement of white man´s superiority. The other phrase refers to the exploitation and injustice suffered by colonized people in Africa and Asia in the hands of their white colonial masters.
There were protests mainly against police brutality and systemic racism. Much like the MLKJr movement for the equality of people in the U.S. this was also followed with a small amount of unrest. But they are justified in what they want from the country and they have every right guaranteed by the constitution to assemble and protest.
