Racist Trees
To change the present, sometimes you have to uproot the past
November 9, 2022
1h 24m
Overview
Can a tree be racist? A few years ago, debate on this issue reached as far as Fox News. The focus was a row of tamarisk trees along a huge golf course in Palm Springs, which screened off the neighborhood of Crossley Tract. This is a historically Black neighborhood, named after its founder Lawrence Crossley, who was one of the first Black residents to settle in the largely white tourist paradise, established on indigenous land over a century ago.
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Charles Metcalf Jr.
SelfJean Metcalf
SelfCharles Metcalf Sr.
SelfRay WIlliams
SelfKevin Williams
SelfTrae Daniel
SelfGinny Foat
Self (archive footage)David Ready
Self (archive footage)J.R. Roberts
SelfMarcus Fuller
Self (archive footage)Corinne Kennedy
SelfRosie Mediano Harmon
SelfKevin Harmon
SelfAngela Johnson
SelfJanel Hunt
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