> I guess I just don't really understand what race/ethnicity actually means and why it's important to anyone. I don't know/care what my own 'race'/'ethnicity' i

> I guess I just don't really understand what race/ethnicity actually means and why it's important to anyone. I don't know/care what my own 'race'/'ethnicity' is. It's fine if you don't know/care what your own ethnicity is, but to say that you don't understand why it's important to anyone strikes me as moral posturing, or an Asperger-level lack of empathy with other people. Some possible reasons why people may care about their own or their partner's ethnicity: 1) Knowing their susceptibility / children's susceptibility to genetic diseases. 2) Wanting their children to be raised in a certain culture 3) Wanting a partner with certain shared experiences/world view