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No Jews allowed: White supremacists are building a segregated community in Arkansas, but is it legal?

JL;DR SUMMARY A white supremacist group named Return to the Land is attempting to establish a segregated community in Arkansas, explicitly banning Jews and other non-whites. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Anti Defamation LeagueWhite SupremacyRacial DiscriminationAnti Discrimination LawsArkansasFair Housing ActSegregated CommunitiesEric OrwollPeter CserePrivate Membership Association

Places mentioned

Ravenden, Arkansas, United States
"The acreage owned by Return to the Land is near Ravenden, a town of fewer than 500 people in northeast Arkansas thats more than 97% white."
Evening Shade, Arkansas, United States
"This isnt the first time Arkansas has been the site of such a project. In 2012, Jason Barnwell, a member of the Aryan Terror Brigade, hoped to persuade white supremacists to relocate to the small town of Evening Shade, Arkansas, where he had purchased 12 acres, according to an ADL report."
Kentucky, United States
"In recent years, similar attempts at forming remote enclaves have cropped up in Kentucky, North Dakota, and Maine."
North Dakota, United States
"In recent years, similar attempts at forming remote enclaves have cropped up in Kentucky, North Dakota, and Maine."
Maine, United States
"In recent years, similar attempts at forming remote enclaves have cropped up in Kentucky, North Dakota, and Maine."
San Francisco, California, United States
"Orwoll has described the remote Arkansas development as only a starting point, with grand visions of Return to the Land chapters in cities such as San Francisco and New York City."
New York City, New York, United States
"Orwoll has described the remote Arkansas development as only a starting point, with grand visions of Return to the Land chapters in cities such as San Francisco and New York City."
Florida, United States
"Peter Csere, Return to the Lands self-identified secretary, worked for several years on a farm in Florida before moving to Ecuador, where he joined Fruit Haven Ecovillage an off-grid raw vegan community."
Ecuador
"Peter Csere, Return to the Lands self-identified secretary, worked for several years on a farm in Florida before moving to Ecuador, where he joined Fruit Haven Ecovillage an off-grid raw vegan community."
Washington DC, United States
"Originally from the Washington, D.C., area, she is a 2023 graduate of Northwestern Universitys Medill School of Journalism."

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