You Freepers should chop down all the trees in your yard if you don't want to be accused of bigotry.
Posted on 12/19/2017 10:48:29 AM PST by Zakeet
Palm Springs [California] will remove a row of trees blocking a historically African-American neighborhood from a city-owned golf course.
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Many longtime residents of the neighborhood previously told the (Palm Springs, Calif.) Desert Sun they believed the trees were planted for racist reasons in the 1960s, and remained a lasting remnant of the history of segregation in the city. Residents said the invasive tamarisks, which block views of the Tahquitz Creek Golf Course and San Jacinto mountains, have artificially depressed property values and prevented black families from accumulating wealth in their property over the past half century.
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You Freepers should chop down all the trees in your yard if you don't want to be accused of bigotry.
Get rid of all those white golf balls, too.
After the ‘racist’ trees are removed then the ignorant fools will complain about all the racist white balls that the trees used to block for them.
Put up bullet proof glass instead.
So much for saving the trees.
Nothing in the world like liberal hypocrisy. /sarc
So, having trees is racist? Is chopping them down Diversity? What will the TREE HUGGERS do?
It’s California. ‘Nuff said.
Big bushy trees make good neighbors
Amazing! Only africans could get California to cut down trees.
Tree Huggers Hardest Hit
Reminds me of allegedly why blacks don’t like camping, hiking, and national parks. It’s the racist trees that would lynch them.
“You Freepers should chop down all the trees in your yard if you don’t want to be accused of bigotry.”
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It’s the Oaks that are the h8ters!!!!
I had to go to the article just to see if “racist trees” was a real headline. Oy, it was.
” have artificially depressed property values and prevented black families from accumulating wealth in their property over the past half century.”
Huh?
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The trees contribute to the aesthetics, and thus value, of the golf course.
.....it’s not the trees,they want the course....it’s so pretty and green..
Get a clue, they were planted there to block the wind.
Residents, led by real estate agent Trae Daniel, who moved into the neighborhood 14 years ago, have made four demands of the city. They include: removing the trees; building a 6-foot privacy wall for residents who want it; installing netting or something similar to prevent errant golf balls from flying into residents’ yards; and planting new trees similar to those seen along other parts of the course.
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I got a better idea. How about they close the golf course. Build section 8 housing and transient homeless shelters on the site.
That should please the neighbors right?
four demands of the city:
removing the trees
building a 6-foot privacy wall
install netting
plant new trees
LOL, for the politicians a Democrats dream request, do 4 things and end up where you started
Oh wait! Those trees are invasive tamarisks from the Middle East. Out with them! Also known as salt cedars. They will suck the last bit of moisture out of the soil.
So all of those fires in California are just Affirmative Action fires!
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