Inside a group's push for whites-only communities "heritage communities"
Summary
A white separatist group called Return to the Land (RTTL) is creating whites-only communities in rural parts of the United States, especially in Arkansas and the South. They use legal strategies to try to avoid anti-discrimination housing laws, but they face lawsuits alleging illegal racial exclusion.Key Facts
- RTTL started a whites-only community on 160 acres near Ravenden, Arkansas, in late 2023.
- The group structures communities as private membership clubs linked to for-profit companies to try to bypass fair housing laws.
- They plan more communities in the Ozarks, Appalachia, and the South.
- About 40 people, including children, currently live in the Arkansas community.
- Membership requires a $25 fee, background checks, and sharing ethnic backgrounds.
- RTTL has raised over $200,000 to fund new chapters and legal research.
- The group’s founder has made statements praising racial exclusion and referencing Hitler.
- RTTL faces a federal lawsuit after rejecting a person with Jewish and Black family ties from buying property.
- Legal experts say the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the 14th Amendment make RTTL’s legal defense weak and difficult to sustain.
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