Sans Snitching

I imagine that many whites and conservatives - and especially conservative whites - who do not normally agree with Cynthia Tucker will like her column that ran in the 15 January 2006 edition of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. In the column, she talks about black "thug" culture being a bigger threat to black communities than racism and she decries the "no snitching" attitude that runs throughout that culture.

Of course, I agree that "thug" culture is a bad thing for the black community. Just like I think the rough and tumble, violent redneck culture of "dew drop inns" is a bad thing for the white community.

I'm wondering though how many whites who read Tucker's column today will praise her for arguing against the "no snitch" aspect of "thug" culture, while at the same time saying the federal whistleblower shouldn't have outed the Bush Administration's secret surveillance of American citizens - or defending the Riley Administration's withholding of the security tapes showing Curt Lee in the state capitol before work hours.