Should blacks vote for Obama because he's black? And should women vote for Hillary because she's a woman?

It sounds like a funny question, to ask it so starkly, but I don't think it is funny at all. A lot of Greek-Americans supported Dukakis because he was Greek. There was pride that one of our own had finally made it (well, almost). And we knew that it would help our community, break a few glass ceilings as it were, if a dark Mediterranean made his way to the Oval Office. So why not the same logic for African-Americans and women? Yes, no, maybe?