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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Corey Williams

Lawsuit claims Arkansas group rejected woman's land purchase due to Jewish ancestry, Black husband

Whites Only Settlements Lawsuit - (AP Photo/Beth Hall)

A real estate broker says an organization denied her the opportunity to purchase land in an Arkansas development because of her Jewish ancestry, and because she has a Black husband and biracial children, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court.

The lawsuit, filed in Arkansas on behalf of Michelle Walker, names Return to the Land, a development whose owners have said they must personally confirm that applicants are white before they are accepted, its Ozarks chapter and five officers. It says Return to the Land founders are “explicitly attempting to establish an all-white community.”

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