The above editorial cartoon, drawn in 1942 by Dr. Seuss, visualizes the fear many white Americans had that the Japanese-American community on the Pacific Coast of the United States represented a “fifth column” of saboteurs. It also gives a sense of the racism of the time.
Though there was zero evidence that Japanese-Americans, either citizens or residents, posed any kind of threat, the Roosevelt Administration ordered their removal from the West Coast and imprisonment in what were concentration camps in all but name.
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