Internees Were Saved?

I am shocked that Kevin Thomas chose to end his review of “Rabbit on the Moon” by implying that Japanese American internees should be grateful to the U.S. government for suspending their constitutional rights (“An In-Depth Look at War Internment,” Feb. 26).

Not only is his comment that “the [internment] camps may have saved some [Japanese Americans] from lynch mobs” unwarranted, it also reeks of the illogic used by apologists for American slavery and the Holocaust. If the majority of society harbors hatred and ill will against a small minority, the problem rests with society and not with the scapegoat.

LENN KANO, Los Angeles