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Insider the whites-only town in Arkansas: 'You don't let everyone into your home'
NBC Newsยท 2025-07-24 20:10
Community & Discrimination - A community named "Return to the Land" in Arkansas excludes Black, Jewish, and gay individuals [1][3] - The community justifies its exclusionary practices as preserving their culture and exercising free association [1][2] - Approximately 40 people reside in the community, with hundreds more holding memberships [3] Legal & Ethical Concerns - "Return to the Land" operates as a private members association, believing this structure allows for discrimination based on ethnicity, a claim yet to be legally tested [4] - The Arkansas Attorney General's office is reviewing the community's practices, emphasizing that racial discrimination is unacceptable in Arkansas [4]