Yep. I’m southern through and through and I couldn’t lead you to a dog fight if my life depeneded on it. Perhaps what she really meant to say was “It’s a black thang”?
No,
She's from New York so I'd guess she really does believe that all sorts of evils infest everyplace south of the Battery.
Defending Vick at all, on the other hand, would be the liberal black part of the equation.