First and foremost, they can join the fight against white racism. The church arsons should serve as a valuable wake-up call. Concerned individuals like Melanie Skinner, a white woman in Charlotte, N.C., showed that. Afterward she placed a flower on the steps of the burned building before attending Sunday services there with her mother and sister. About a third of the crowd that filled the church was white, including deacons from across the city.
Problems are opportunities in disguise.
Americans may yet draw new hope from this tragedy. In most places, Sunday morning is still one of the most segregated hours of the week. The tragedy of black church arsons is pulling together church and civil rights like no other issue since the 1960's. They must not be left to march alone. We Americans have more than enough conspiracies to divide us up.