About: Dusky Peril

Dusky Peril is a term used by Puget Sound American a daily newspaper, published from Bellingham, Washington, USA, to describe the immigration of what it described as Hindus to the area, in its 16 September, 1906 issue by way of a feature article. It has been considered as an expression of xenophobia similar to the term Yellow Peril, that found practice in white and non-white countries across the globe in those times. The term is analysed to have both an ethnic and a religious dimension. The article is in response to the immigration of 17 individuals to the town. The article's headline is "Have we a Dusky Peril: Hindu hordes invading the state" with the byline going thus, "Bellingham workmen are becoming excited over the arrival of East Indians in numbers across the Canadian border and fear