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2023-10-31 03:49:01 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 701D3A62EEF58D5AAB077AFD7896AC214801BBAA93B00DC0CA7B416352F89D2A
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Most of the trees species for which botanical sexism occurs don’t make edible fruit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botanical_sexism. It is not true that planners planted male trees instead of fruiting trees: https://slate.com/technology/2021/10/botanical-sexism-viral-idea-myth.html In fact, many predominately-Black & minority neighborhoods have fewer trees total, both male and female: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/08/24/climate/racism-redlining-cities-global-warming.html
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