You're listening to Comedy Central.

Trees.

They've been throwing shade for millions of years, mostly from the sun.

Although, you should hear what they said about your man.

But chances are, if you live in a low-income neighborhood, trees are harder to find than

an employee restroom at an Amazon fulfillment center.

Why you ask? Come on. You know the answer? Say it with me.

Racism.

In 92% of U.S. communities, low-income neighborhoods have less tree coverage than high-income neighborhoods,

and park serving low-income households, or four times smaller, and four times more crowded.

Sounds a lot like my first apartment in New York.

My dishwasher was literally a dishwasher.

I could only clean them one at a time.

And I know what you're thinking. Stool-sac. Some people choose where they live.

Isn't green space random? How do you keep your eyebrows so popular?

These are all great questions. First of all, my mama. Second, the disparity in tree coverage isn't random.

It's connected to a racist practice called redlining, which began in the 1930s.

Redlining made it almost impossible for black people to get a home-loan approved in white neighborhoods,

which led to residential segregation and a wealth gap between black and white families bigger than Lil Nas X's baby bump.

And because poor black neighborhoods were born black, cities didn't want to waste resources on them.

And that included trees and parks. That effect is still felt today.

In 37 cities around the country, formerly redlined neighborhoods have about half as many trees on average as the highest rated predominantly white neighborhood.

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