Turns out that if you asked the right (or wrong?) people, they would say that I, in my shiksa-ness, am contributing to a silent Holocaust. Of course, there are rabid folks on the other side, too.

Then, there’s women who are looking for Jewish men, for the various sterotypical qualities they are assumed to have. That doesn’t necessarily seem like the best idea, kind of like wanting to date black guys because they’re better endowed.

The first link points out that “despite explicit protestations to the contrary, one cannot disapprove of a marriage without disapproving of a person because he or she was born in a different group” — ie racism, and, sticky though the issue may be to discuss, I don’t think you can deny racism in deliberately looking for someone from a specific group, whether it is within your own or another group.

I’m also thinking of a sci-fi book I read, probably sometime in high school, wherein the futuristic society placed so much emphasis on mixing of genetic stock that one of the characters was driven to suicide because she had falled in love with a member of her own race.

It shouldn’t have to be like that; there shouldn’t be societal pressure for either endo- or exogamy. People should be able to happily, freely choose partners who share their beliefs and passions.

But what if the shared belief is racial purity? Well, I’m backing myself into a corner, but I would assume at least they’d be happy together, though whether or not those around them would be is up for debate…