Racist Trees
To change the present, sometimes you have to uproot the past
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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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Runtime
84 min
Release Date
2022-11-09
Status
Released
Original Language
English
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Charles Metcalf Jr.
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Jean Metcalf
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Charles Metcalf Sr.
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Ray WIlliams
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Kevin Williams
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Trae Daniel
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Ginny Foat
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David Ready
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J.R. Roberts
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Marcus Fuller
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Corinne Kennedy
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Rosie Mediano Harmon
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Kevin Harmon
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Angela Johnson
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Janel Hunt
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Kurt Cyr
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Cathie Fox
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Donald Archer
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Tucker Carlson
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Larry Elder
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Andre M. Perry
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Tyrone Beason
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Jarvis Crawford
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Mildred Browne
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Richard Milanovich
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Abdullah Salaam
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Ivory Murrell
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Cora Crawford
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Janet Zappala
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Robert Moon
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Max Rodriguez
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Brooke Beare
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Kris Long
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Suzan Felando
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