The Founders of This New Arkansas Development Say You Must Be White to Live There

[Demovictory9]

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/realestate/arkansas-white-housing-return-to-land.html?unlocked_article_code=1.fU8.zi3X.Mj4pK_TM1p1-&smid=url-share

The Founders of This New Development Say You Must Be White to Live There
Housing rights experts say a community restricted to white residents is illegal, but the creators believe they could win a potential challenge in court in the current political climate.



In the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas, nearly an hour from the closest city, a small group of homesteaders is building an exclusive community from scratch.

Applicants to the community are screened with an in-person interview, a criminal-background check, a questionnaire about ancestral heritage and sometimes even photographs of their relatives.

The community’s two architects — a classically trained French horn player who has livestreamed his own sex videos, and a former jazz pianist arrested but not charged for attempted murder in Ecuador — say they must personally confirm that applicants are white before they can be welcomed in.


To date, there have been no legal challenges to Return to the Land. But John Relman, a civil rights lawyer who specializes in fair housing violations, said the group could be sued under not just the 1968 Fair Housing Act but also multiple sections of the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1866

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“They see right now as a very opportune time. They see a friend in the White House at the highest level,” said Peter Simi, a professor of sociology at Chapman University in California who is an expert on extremist violence. “They see themselves quite literally in various positions in the administration, including the Department of Justice and Department of Defense.”

[EYESORE 9001]

1. Peckerwood Paradise

The stupidity tax is built in to the purchase price.

[sop]

2. This whole Trump thing was always just about race.

They're no longer even trying to pretend it's not.

[OldBaldy1701E]

8. Yep. That and 'class'. Bigotry is the law of the land under the orange gibbon. (n/t)

[Omnipresent]

3. Screw those people!

They’ll probably hold purity battles in their community and kill each other off.

[indusurb]

4. They're looking to expand into Missouri as well

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/president-of-whites-only-community-return-to-the-land-said-it-is-not-moving-to-springfield-but-looking-at-missouri-expansion-options/ar-AA1K6V88

[hunter]

5. Many of the communities in that region are already "Whites Only."

They just don't put it in writing.

[yardwork]

7. That's the point, though.

The SCOTUS made it illegal to put in writing and that alone was a big step forward.

[yardwork]

6. They're sitting on US land and their plans are unconstitutional.

They can go to some other country if they want to live in segregated towns. I hear Russia is recruiting.

[tanyev]

9. A racist community founded by a guy who has livestreamed his own sex videos

and a guy arrested for murder? What a great wholesome family values place to live! Will they settle zoning disputes with duels? What happens to someone who paints their house a color nobody else likes?

Even utopian societies founded by sincere people with admirable ideals don’t last very long.

[Conjuay]

10. He may be a professional French Horn player,

but what I hear is banjos.

[tanyev]

11. Ha!

[Zambero]

13. One hand in the French horn...

So what is the other hand doing? Fiddling with those valves, or perhaps handling whatever else is on tap for his next exclusive XXX live video presentation?

And let's not forget that banjos are in fact very cool these days, having made that discovery years ago while witnessing Bela Fleck perform his magic on said instrument. Derision of unsavory musical instruments should be directed elsewhere, preferably to instruments lacking strings. Accordion comes to mind!

[Kid Berwyn]

12. Naziville

May they get all they deserve.