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Dr Seuss and the Yellow Peril.

"Dr Seuss" - (Theodor Seuss Geisel), the son of German immigrants to the US, is generally remembered for his whimsical childrens' cartoons. However, he was (at an earlier stage of his life) a noted political cartoonist and war cartoonist. This is an example of his take on Japanese Americans in the Second World War - which was, essentially, that they were at one with the homeland of their ancestors, and should be locked up pretty well without discrimination as suspect enemy aliens. Which is pretty much what happened. Discrimination on a case-by-case basis was clearly required. However, the indiscriminate approach to the natuaralised American-Japanese community that left most of them languishing in internment camps reflects little credit on its supporters, including the cuddly "Cat in the Hat" man. Best regards, JR.