A Sudden Explosion of Church Burnings in Texas

I live in a shared East Texas Western Louisiana media market and I have not heard of this at all.

In a column last month, I mentioned the church burnings in Texas — in East Texas, centered around Tyler. There were six in the space of a month. That is rather a lot. Now the number seems to be ten. This is not national news, because there is apparently no racial aspect, and it often takes race to send a story big-time. That is just a stubborn fact about America. But still: Ten church burnings, same region, in the space of — what? Six weeks? That may not be a big deal to anyone but people in those communities, but it should make us raise our eyebrows just a millimeter or two.