A community for 'Whites only' in Arkansas sued for discrimination
Source: CNN US
PUBLISHED May 20, 2026, 10:45 PM ET
A remote settlement pegged as a Whites-only community in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas is being sued for discrimination after rejecting a womans application to buy land there. Michelle Walker, who is of Jewish ancestry, says the organization that runs the community, Return to the Land, discriminated against her by denying her the opportunity to buy land based on race and religion. Walker is married to a Black man and has biracial children, her lawsuit says. Shes seeking unspecified damages, including punitive damages.
CNN visited the 160-acre settlement nestled deep in northern rural Arkansas last August. At the time, around 40 people were living in the community, and hundreds were applying to live there, Eric Orwoll, the president of Return to the Land, the private member association that organized the Arkansas community, told CNN.
To live in the community, Orwoll told CNN: You have to be someone who identifies with your European heritage and ancestry. You have to celebrate traditional European values and we get those values from our religious documents within Christianity, within Norse paganism. We do view Jewish origins as having their roots in the near East, and so they wouldnt fall under the category of European heritage, Orwoll said last year.
Denying Walkers application constitutes blatant and brazen violations of long-standing federal and state fair housing laws, the complaint states.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/20/us/arkansas-return-to-the-land-discrimination-lawsuit
Link to NAACP Legal Defense Fund PRESS RELEASE - Civil Rights Organizations File Lawsuit Against Whites-Only Housing Development in Arkansas
Link to SUIT (PDF) - https://www.naacpldf.org/wp-content/uploads/Walker-v.-Return-to-the-Land-Complaint.pdf
underpants
(197,246 posts)

This is what happens when cousins marry...
nuxvomica
(14,238 posts)Last edited Thu May 21, 2026, 02:06 PM - Edit history (1)
Not European enough.
electric_blue68
(27,369 posts)LudwigPastorius
(15,028 posts)raging moderate
(4,636 posts)HE SHOULD BE KICKED OUT OF THIS COMMUNITY!
The delusional narcissistic fantasies of these people are ridiculous!
JT45242
(4,145 posts)They will gut all of the equal opportunity, fair housing, etc. in their effort to return the country to 1855.
Clarence will vote to approve without any sense of irony or shame.
Ray Bruns
(6,786 posts)Harker
(18,180 posts)Ray Bruns
(6,786 posts)Aristus
(72,548 posts)Just a thought...
70sEraVet
(5,635 posts)The funny part is, most European governments reject his brand of White Supremacy. It's only in the US where the government is growing evermore comfortable with him and his fellow believers.
twodogsbarking
(19,397 posts)Martin68
(28,085 posts)Bayard
(30,335 posts)Sure, they'd get a warm reception--a cross burning in their front yard.
reACTIONary
(7,309 posts).... at least a year ago, and the AK AG began "investigating." They are still "investigating." It took a private party from out off state to initiate legal action... a civil suit.
One of the "qualifying questions" for membership in the "community" is "How often do you think about the Roman Empire?"
underpants
(197,246 posts)Thats the case in many of these.
in2herbs
(4,547 posts)test to prove their racist claims!