Should They Vote Their Race or Their Gender?

CNN.com headline from Monday, January 21 showed side-by-side pictures of Obama and Clinton.

Beneath the picture, the article talked about the significant role that black women will play in deciding the Democratic winner in the South Carolina primary. “These women face a unique dilemma: Should they vote their race, or should they vote their gender?” That line was followed by a link to the “full story.”

Should they vote their race (Obama)? Or should they vote their gender (Clinton)? Those are the two key questions?

I find the entire article insulting. Why aren’t black women given the credit that the other demographic groups (black men, white men, white women, working-class voters, rural voters, etc.) are given? Why would black women be less concerned about the actual issues than everyone else? Why would black women NOT be considering what the rest of us are considering. . . namely who they think might actually do the best job as president?

Maybe the link at the end of that paragraph should point to “Less than the Full Story.”