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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Look, I'm white (Irish) and I wanted to marry and have children with another white (preferably Irish) person.

I also wanted to marry someone who was Catholic like me.

This was my preference.  This is a lot of people's preference..they want to marry someone like them.[/quote]
OP here. This is true, and this is understandable. I tend to have more African-American friends because I tend to get along and have the same likes and beliefs as the majority of the ones I've come across. It's compatibility, just like you marrying an Irish Catholic is compatible for you. (I'm Irish too, woo!)

What I don't understand is when people get upset because someone ELSE is marrying someone from a different race. It doesn't really affect them (it might mildly if it is their child; see the Chinese-American example above), but they get upset because the race is "dying out." Like I've said before, no offense to my fellow white people, but I couldn't give a hoot if there aren't any pale people in 500 years.[/quote]

I feel the same, OP, at least when it comes to race. Because race is not a big thing in my life. I mean obviously I benefit from white privilege, but I don't go around thinking "glad we won this one for the white guys" or feeling like there is something special about being white.

However, I can kind of see the perspective because it's how I feel about religion. I am Jewish and it's been culturally ingrained all my life that it's important to marry a Jew, raise my kids Jewish, participate in Jewish causes, not let Judaism die out, etc. I notice when someone Jewish does something good or bad. Kind of a small "yay" if it's good -- like Aly Raisman at the Olympics -- and "ugh, asshole, stop reflecting poorly on us" when it's bad.

I guess some people feel this way about being white. I'm not sure why because I am not sure what particular cultural traits go with being white, as opposed to being of German/Irish/Polish/whatever ancestry. And I don't personally know anyone like that, I don't think. And I couldn't care less if 100 years from now there are virtually no whites in the US. However I would feel bad if there were no Jews. :)[/quote]

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