Racist Trees
To change the present, sometimes you have to uproot the past
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.
- Year: 2022
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: Wild Pair Films, Wayfarer Studios
- Keyword: racial segregation, racism
- Director: Sara Newens, Mina T. Son
- Cast: Charles Metcalf Jr., Jean Metcalf, Charles Metcalf Sr., Ray WIlliams, Kevin Williams, Trae Daniel