White Makes Right

[Loulit01]

The Founders of This New Development Say You Must Be White to Live There​

Arkansas Housing Development Restricted to White Residents Sparks Legal Concerns

Housing rights experts say a community restricted to white residents is illegal, but the creators believe they could win a potential challenge in court in the current political climate.

www.nytimes.com

Applicants to the community are screened with an in-person interview, a criminal-background check, a questionnaire about ancestral heritage and sometimes even photographs of their relatives.
The far right is surging in the United States, driven in part by white nationalists exploiting economic anxieties and a populace increasingly frustrated with the political status quo. Now, as the Trump administration rolls back diversity, equity and inclusion policies, cracks down on immigration and offers pardons to white supremacists, some see an opening. In creating their community, the founders of Return to the Land are testing anti-discrimination housing laws that have been in place for 57 years.

Before a photographer could snap pictures, he pulled a copy of “Mein Kampf” from a bookshelf and turned it around to hide its spine.
Housing rights experts say a community restricted to white residents is illegal, but the creators believe they could win a potential challenge in court in the current political climate.
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They're not saying an what they're doing is legal; they're saying they could beat a discrimination charge in court "in the current political climate." What's that tell you?

I had a copy of Mein Kampf on my bookshelf for decades. I didn't care who saw it or took a picture of it. I didn't see a need to turn it around because I wasn't ashamed of the reason I had it.

 

[ataraxia]

Holy smokes. I don’t recognize this country anymore.

From the article:

“ “They see right now as a very opportune time. They see a friend in the White House at the highest level,” said Peter Simi, a professor of sociology at Chapman University in California who is an expert on extremist violence. “They see themselves quite literally in various positions in the administration, including the Department of Justice and Department of Defense.”

The timing, both Mr. Orwoll and Mr. Csere said, is right. “I would rather the precedent is set and the discussion is had while there’s a relatively favorable cultural and legal climate for it,” said Mr. Orwoll, 35. “So if we’re going to fight this battle — and it’s a battle that’s going to be fought at some point — it better be now.””

Arkansas Housing Development Restricted to White Residents Sparks Legal Concerns

Housing rights experts say a community restricted to white residents is illegal, but the creators believe they could win a potential challenge in court in the current political climate.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Slartibartfast]

Holy smokes. I don’t recognize this country anymore.

From the article:

“ “They see right now as a very opportune time. They see a friend in the White House at the highest level,” said Peter Simi, a professor of sociology at Chapman University in California who is an expert on extremist violence. “They see themselves quite literally in various positions in the administration, including the Department of Justice and Department of Defense.”

The timing, both Mr. Orwoll and Mr. Csere said, is right. “I would rather the precedent is set and the discussion is had while there’s a relatively favorable cultural and legal climate for it,” said Mr. Orwoll, 35. “So if we’re going to fight this battle — and it’s a battle that’s going to be fought at some point — it better be now.””

Arkansas Housing Development Restricted to White Residents Sparks Legal Concerns

Housing rights experts say a community restricted to white residents is illegal, but the creators believe they could win a potential challenge in court in the current political climate.

www.nytimes.com

Yup. At this point, our country seems to have many subcultures, each determined to go their own way and have an attitude of wanting to ignore or dominate other groups. We seem to be splitting apart at the seams.

 

[SNOWFLAKE]

WHOA, I am eagerly awaiting responses from the Righties out there, and here is why:

A while back there was a story out of Texas about an exclusive Muslim community being planned and Righties went bonkers.

Will they ALSO go bonkers about this exclusive community? I can just imagine the excuses they will have.

 

[Loulit01]

WHOA, I am eagerly awaiting responses from the Righties out there, and here is why:

A while back there was a story out of Texas about an exclusive Muslim community being planned and Righties went bonkers.

Will they ALSO go bonkers about this exclusive community? I can just imagine the excuses they will have.

Of course they'll be as upset as they were over the all Muslim community. The right is known for constancy, fairness, and tolerance.

 

[SNOWFLAKE]

Of course they'll be as upset as they were over the all Muslim community. The right is known for constancy, fairness, and tolerance.

/s

 

[CaughtInThe]

All the madness and death in Germany/the world because of skin tone.

All the current madness in the US because of skin tone.

How come it's never "WE'RE BUILDING A TOWN OF ONLY SMART PEOPLE!!!!"

 

[holbritter]

Yup. At this point, our country seems to have many subcultures, each determined to go their own way and have an attitude of wanting to ignore or dominate other groups. We seem to be splitting apart at the seams.

Haven't we always had subcultures? Most major cities have a Little Italy, Chinatown, etc.
The difference being that you weren't 'prohibited' from living there.

 

[Loulit01]

/s

Well, duh.

 

[Slartibartfast]

Haven't we always had subcultures? Most major cities have a Little Italy, Chinatown, etc.
The difference being that you weren't 'prohibited' from living there.

We have had things like sundown towns and redlining in our history, so people were prevented from living in certain places.

 

[Peacenik]

I presume a racist violence felony charge turning up in the background check would make the applicant a shoe-in?

 

[Fletch]

WHOA, I am eagerly awaiting responses from the Righties out there, and here is why:

A while back there was a story out of Texas about an exclusive Muslim community being planned and Righties went bonkers.

Will they ALSO go bonkers about this exclusive community? I can just imagine the excuses they will have.

Do you have a link to any of these threads?

 

[Peacenik]

So, apparently, white Jews are not allowed either?

 

[SavannahMann]

The Founders of This New Development Say You Must Be White to Live There​

Arkansas Housing Development Restricted to White Residents Sparks Legal Concerns

Housing rights experts say a community restricted to white residents is illegal, but the creators believe they could win a potential challenge in court in the current political climate.

www.nytimes.com

Applicants to the community are screened with an in-person interview, a criminal-background check, a questionnaire about ancestral heritage and sometimes even photographs of their relatives.
The far right is surging in the United States, driven in part by white nationalists exploiting economic anxieties and a populace increasingly frustrated with the political status quo. Now, as the Trump administration rolls back diversity, equity and inclusion policies, cracks down on immigration and offers pardons to white supremacists, some see an opening. In creating their community, the founders of Return to the Land are testing anti-discrimination housing laws that have been in place for 57 years.

Before a photographer could snap pictures, he pulled a copy of “Mein Kampf” from a bookshelf and turned it around to hide its spine.
Housing rights experts say a community restricted to white residents is illegal, but the creators believe they could win a potential challenge in court in the current political climate.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

They're not saying an what they're doing is legal; they're saying they could beat a discrimination charge in court "in the current political climate." What's that tell you?

I had a copy of Mein Kampf on my bookshelf for decades. I didn't care who saw it or took a picture of it. I didn't see a need to turn it around because I wasn't ashamed of the reason I had it.

I haven't heard of any Legal Challenges. Personally I approve of this. I'd much prefer all those racists be isolated like this. If we had directed such a thing the howls of outrage would be ear splitting. Jet Engines would be silent in comparison. But as far as I am personally concerned, the more Racists who move there, the better for the rest of us. I guess we could call it self deporting the Racists to their little Enclave.

 

[Peacenik]

They have to do a background check to see if applicants are big enough assholes.

 

[OrphanSlug]

Somewhere in Arkansas trying this, should surprise no one.

 

[VySky]

At least it’s not an over 55 community

 

[SavannahMann]

Of course they'll be as upset as they were over the all Muslim community. The right is known for constancy, fairness, and tolerance.

I remembered it. Here you go.

Thread '[W:402] Texas Muslims Want to Build Homes and a Mosque. The Governor Says No.'

Apr 13, 2025

"In most circumstances, the development of a 400-acre field of corn and hay outside Josephine, Texas, would hardly stand out in the state, just another parcel of farmland set to become houses in the ever-expanding sprawl of the Dallas suburbs.

Yet in recent months, Gov. Greg Abbott has thrown himself into stopping the planned community. The reason? It would be anchored by a mosque.

“To be clear, Shariah law is not allowed in Texas,” the Republican governor wrote on social media in late February, reposting a video advertising the project. “Nor are Shariah cities.”

...Mr. Abbott...

• j brown's body
• Replies: 689
• Forum: Church and State

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Pages and pages of RW denouncing a Muslim Community in Texas.

 

[Lethargic Aptitude]

All the madness and death in Germany/the world because of skin tone.

All the current madness in the US because of skin tone.

How come it's never "WE'RE BUILDING A TOWN OF ONLY SMART PEOPLE!!!!"

Because only an idiot would do that.

 

[Loulit01]

Yup. At this point, our country seems to have many subcultures, each determined to go their own way and have an attitude of wanting to ignore or dominate other groups. We seem to be splitting apart at the seams.

That's a deliberate MAGA tactic. Divide and conquer was accepted authoritarian doctrine since before Rome was an empire.

Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres.
—Julius Caesar

 

[ataraxia]

That's a deliberate MAGA tactic. Divide and conquer was accepted authoritarian doctrine since before Rome was an empire.

Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres.
—Julius Caesar

That's how the British colonized India.

"Divide and rule, from the Latin divide et impera, a strategy of governing colonial societies by systematically separating social and cultural groups, partly because those groups may otherwise unite and overpower the colonizing power. The term is often used in the context of colonial government in the 19th and 20th centuries, particularly to the British raj and the effect of that governance on religious divisions in India. The direct consequences of the British divide and rule policy culminated in the partition of India after the country achieved independence in 1947.

Divide and rule | British Policy, India, Partition, History, & Facts | Britannica

Divide and rule was a strategy of governing colonial societies by systematically separating social and cultural groups, partly because those groups may otherwise unite and overpower the colonizing power. Contemporaneously, it is most often used in reference to the British raj in India...

www.britannica.com

 

[Loulit01]

I remembered it. Here you go.

Thread '[W:402] Texas Muslims Want to Build Homes and a Mosque. The Governor Says No.'

Apr 13, 2025

"In most circumstances, the development of a 400-acre field of corn and hay outside Josephine, Texas, would hardly stand out in the state, just another parcel of farmland set to become houses in the ever-expanding sprawl of the Dallas suburbs.

Yet in recent months, Gov. Greg Abbott has thrown himself into stopping the planned community. The reason? It would be anchored by a mosque.

“To be clear, Shariah law is not allowed in Texas,” the Republican governor wrote on social media in late February, reposting a video advertising the project. “Nor are Shariah cities.”

...Mr. Abbott...

• j brown's body
• Replies: 689
• Forum: Church and State

• 

Pages and pages of RW denouncing a Muslim Community in Texas.

Tell @Fletch. He asked for la ink.

 

[SavannahMann]

Tell @Fletch. He asked for la ink.

Well yeah, but I figured if I replied to him then that would be the last we saw of him in the thread. You know how the RW is. Prove it. You didn't prove it. I'm not wasting anymore time on you.

 

[VySky]

Well yeah, but I figured if I replied to him then that would be the last we saw of him in the thread. You know how the RW is. Prove it. You didn't prove it. I'm not wasting anymore time on you.

Who from those post are in this thread showing approval of the proposed neighborhood?