Repeat After Me

Sexist:

I refuse to vote for Hillary Clinton, because she's a woman.

Racist:

I refuse to vote for Barack Obama, because he's black.

Neither Racist nor Sexist:

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports:

The dozen or so Spelman College women had come together in a basement classroom, after hours, to hash over a choice unimaginable just a few generations back.

Fliers posted across campus summed up the thrust of their conversation: "Should you vote for Barack Obama because of your race, or should you vote for Hillary Clinton because you are a woman?"

With Democratic primaries quickly approaching, black women throughout Atlanta and across the nation are asking each other that question. They are debating it as they post blogs, meet for political round tables, host fund-raisers and whip out their checkbooks.

It's an ongoing discussion that, for many black women, stirs visceral emotions as they weigh their racial and gender identity.

Is that clear?