I don't understand how he is mixed-race?
I don't understand how villifying people for an accident of birth that cannot be undone helps convert people. One poster's son is mixed race and a priest. There are more non-White Catholics that White, particularly in Latin America.
I would never criticize someone for
being mixed race. As you said, they basically can't help it so one can't fault them for it.
There is another discussion going on about mixed-race and mixed-culture couples, but it's more on the COUPLES end -- those deciding to mix.
I re-read the article, and realized that it never stated the race of the mother. So I'm modifying this thread's title to be more accurate.
I thought the mother was a different race because of several hints in the article:
1. The idea that mother and father were very different (He's Hindu, she's Catholic, etc.)
2. The quote about "I was her blue-eyed altar boy"
3. The fact that his dad did a lot of travelling, "His father’s career moved the family from India to Taiwan and then to Hong Kong."
Let's just say it was a bit confusing.
But it doesn't change the point of the thread -- a case study of a mixed marriage (which means a marriage where both spouses have a different religion).
But we also have a case here of one way of life vs. another way of life -- two different cultures (hindu, Catholic) clashing, and neither winning out.
A very confused kid emerged, who became a "secular priest" whatever that is -- and is the most famous personage at a gathering known for hedonism and "hook-ups".