Surprise! We're not blind and we're human. How disappointing.

As it turns out, some of us vote based on race and gender.

Yes, it's true. Polls record people saying that race is important to them when they cast their votes. And that's just the honest people who'll admit it. Think how many more there must be.

Of course, it's possible that we're voting for people BECAUSE they are xyz and not AGAINST them because they are xyz. Is that better? Is that only okay in this match-up because there are two others: a woman and a black man? If either faced a white male and someone voted for the white male because he was a white male, we'd call that racist, wouldn't we. Is it more acceptable to vote for Hillary Clinton because she's a woman or for Barack Obama because he's African American?