Why Detroit residents pushed back against tree-planting

[Jun8]

https://grist.org/article/why-detroit-residents-pushed-back-against-tree-planting/

[deogeo]

> competing heritage narratives [..] lived experiences [..] There was distrust not only of the city, but of the tree planters as well [..] most of them white and not from Detroit

What delicate wording. If the subjects are white, such things are dubbed racist conspiracy theories, anecdotal evidence, and xenophobia.