“Well…” She took a deep breath. “As it happens, I’ve been seeing a man of Chinese descent, another grad student. Just a couple of times. But he has this question about whether he wants to get serious with a woman of another background, and I have to decide if I want to get involved with a guy who isn’t Jewish. So, we’re both thinking about it all.”
“I see.”
“So. How do you feel about interracial romance?”
I looked into her pretty blue and yellow eyes. “I wouldn’t know. You’re asking the wrong guy.” I went back to my soup.
“You must have at least thought about it.”
“Romance? Sure. It’s a rumor I’ve heard about.”
“Does this rumor include people of different races?” Her smirk told me she wasn’t going to give up.
“Well, I’ll put it this way. The women I’ve known of other backgrounds hav
