In the heart of Arkansas, two musicians lead the creation of a neighborhood that proposes return to community life and does not allow black people. The flood of criticism and the legal trap.
In full rural Arkansas, a group of men decided to lift a private neighborhood with an unusual and controversial condition: You can only live there white people. The initiative, baptized Return to the landalready adds dozens of interested in the United States and raises suspicions around their motivations, their legality and the background of those who drive it.
The project is not just housing. Its founders say they are looking for “recover a traditional community life”, With houses built by the residents themselves, food production and a lifestyle away from the cities. However, the requirement of“ racial purity ”is what places this experiment in the center of the controversy.
Meanwhile, jurists and civil rights organizations warn that the proposal Federal laws against discrimination flagrantly violateespecially the Fair Housing Law of 1968. Despite this, the promoters of the neighborhood say they found a legal loom to advance.
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The particular profile of the architects of the “project for whites”
He Ravenden peoplewhere this community develops, Already houses about 40 peoplebetween adults and children. Its creators are two eccentric characters as controversial. Eric Orwolla classic ex -milky with a past of live sex videos, is now presented as a amateur philosopher and spokesperson for the project. His partner, Peter Csereformer jazz pianist, was accused in Ecuador for stabbing a mining worker and for appropriating funds in an ecoaldea.
Both designed a peculiar admission system: face to face interviews, criminal records, questionnaires about ancestral inheritance and even family photographs. According to them, the final decision depends on whether the applicant “is presented as white.” Orwoll explained it without turns: “If someone does not seem target, it doesn’t enter”.
Neighborhood leaders do not hide their sympathies with conspiracy theories of the ultra -right and have cited as an example Oraniaa South African people where only European descendants reside. The 160 Acres complex already has cabins, a community center under construction and even a corral of goats guarded by a Pyrenean dog.
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Criticism of the neighborhood and suspicions about the organization
The project soon alarm. The Prosecutor’s Office of Arkansas He opened a preliminary investigation after the dissemination of the case in international media. Civil rights experts argue that the plan constitutes a “Intentional discrimination silver bullet”something that can hardly be sustained in court.
From the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) Remarate that there is no legal margin to restrict housing by race. For them, presenting it as a “private club” is just a segregation costume.
The political background also weighs: the rise of supremacist speeches in the United States He found in this initiative a fertile terrain. The organizers even admitted that they seek to take advantage of the current context, convinced that the cultural and judicial climate is favorable.
The neighborhood “Return to the land”Plan to continue growing: its promoters hope to reach 200 residents and already talk about replicating the model in other states. For many, it is nothing more than a Community inspired by white supremacy; For his followers, an opportunity to live “among equals.” Among so much controversy, what is clear is that the legal and social battle around this project begins.
Source: Ambito
