INDEPENDENT LENS: Racist Trees
Premieres Monday, Jan. 22, 2024 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App. Were trees intentionally planted to exclude and segregate a Black neighborhood? Racial tensions ignite in this documentary, when a historically Black neighborhood in Palm Springs, California, fights to remove a towering wall of tamarisk trees. The trees form a barrier, believed by some to segregate the community, frustrating residents who regard them as an enduring symbol of racism.
Source: kpbs.org
