I’ve been friends with someone for about 5 years, and while we disagree on religion and some political issues, we’ve been able to get along extremely well. But last night I had dinner with her and her family and in the middle of conversation, she talked about how a black friend of theirs just had a baby, his wife being white. My friend asked “Is the baby white?” Her sister replied “Yes.” And my friend exclaimed happily, “Oh good!” Her brother added, “Yeah personally I’m surprised she risked having a mixed race baby.”

A part of me wants to ask questions as to why they take the Bible so literally and believe this nonsense about not marrying other races, but another part of me wants to ghost her and just block her phone number. Have you ever been in a situation like this?

By the way, I use the phrase “casually racist”, because she actually has plenty of black and Asian friends, so she actually sees herself as not being racist at all. Which is even more depressing.