The other day, I was flipping the channels to watch some NCAA March Madness highlights when I caught the tail end of this story on ESPN about Santa Anita Park, a horse racetrack in Arcadia, California. For six months, Santa Anita Park served as a temporary internment camp where nearly 20,000 Japanese-Americans were imprisoned prior to being shipped out to more permanent internment camps.
I wasn’t too sure why ESPN was running this segment at this particular time, but thought it was cool for those who follow horse racing that they learned a little bit about the history of the racetrack, which Kevin had blogged about a little last fall when the track opened an exhibit on its role in the Japanese-American internment. Kudos on bringing this story to a broader audience; the next time I am in Arcadia eating at Din Tai Fung, I’ll have to drop by the exhibit.
