record straight. let s clear the trees are fire hazard. let s not waste the water. tucker: so everybody wins. the trees are just not bigoted but they are flammable. forest, here is my concern, if we take down the racist trees could the homes behind them be hit by racist golf balls? well, i don t know, i would like to think that nothing is racist. especially in today s world. tucker: i would do but my eyes are open now. reality is i don t know why these trees were planted. i don t think that there is any clear indication of why they were planted. one reason that we plant trees on golf courses, especially a narrow corridors which this happens to be. whereas today we would generally get 350 to almost 400 is to protect adjacent homes and property, whether it be a school or houses and in my opinion, you know, i think the win-win would be
i wonder if this isn t a teaching moment, right? a time where we can all learn. instead of cutting them down maybe we could make them better trees somehow. prune them. is that not a possibility? no. let s just get them out of there. let s get back to some native trees that we have in california. pure desert. tucker: slow down. native. for a guy who is in california. i m serious. palm trees are not native. eucalyptus are not native. should you expel everything from california. it s a big problem, too. tucker: are you a nativist now? when it comes to vegetation, absolutely. eucalyptus trees are a problem tipping over in the storms. tucker: they weren t originally from california therefore we have to kill them. come on, tucker. we have a severe water problem in california. we have a lack of leadership in sacramento. we have a lack of leadership in d.c. when it comes to the water issue in california. we re diverting water to water trees. why are we doing this?
racist trees in its midst? aptly named richardson golf course architect. a radio show host join us tonight. first of all, ethan, you have been following. this you are from california. clearly this is the definition of structural racism. i wonder if it couldn t be worse. these are tamarist trees. the trees themselves aren t racist. the action of putting them there in the first place. also really important to note these trees in particular have been a fire hazard this year. fox halls done a great job covering like the thomas fire. the trees themselves have been explosive during these fires that have been happening. so not only do we have the aspect of the traditional, the origin of the planting of these trees being to separate the black and people of color community across the street, after their homes were demolished by the way by the city of palm springs, under racist conditions, this is one of those times, let s set the
tucker: we are living in an era of unprecedented threats coming from directions no one could have anticipated. joel stein is now a russian agent. a new one we told you about last night. racist trees. in palm springs, california, officials are planning to clear-cut a grove of tamarisk trees because they are racist for a local say they were planted more than 50 years ago to separate a golf course from an african-americanro neighborhood. last night we spoke to a local resident about their sinister presence. here s part of the conversation. if you have done any research on the tree, he will know it s one of the nastiest trees around and it s been declared a disaster by the federal government. tucker: wait, slow down, now, hold on. because that tree is a foreign tree, you re calling it nasty? absolutely. tucker: the question is could palm springs be overreacting at all to the racist trees in its midst?
and say, what s good for the homeowners and what s good for the golf course and the other homeowners. tucker: sure. it s 2017. we don t do compromise. it s the modern area. just to clarify, as a landscape guy, are there other reasons, other than simply bigotry, that these trees might have been planted? you know, i did as much research as i could. when i worked briefly on a study for this golf course, we got a lot of historical data. i was able to find what we think is an early 1960s image that actually showss that this hedge of tamaris trees was probably there before many of the houses were built. not all of them. the hedge was probably predated many of the homes being built there. tucker: oh. but obviously that doesn t mean they are not racist trees. i mean, because, you know, sometimes it s not obvious if a tree is racist or not. ethan, let me get and i sort of buy your point that they