Seriously Dating someone outside of your religion/race

[ZTAngel]

I'm actually quite aware of the difference between the two cultures. My mothers side of her family still speaks Spanish and the food we eat when we get together at my mother's families place is completely different than my father's. I know the history of the Sephardic Jews; I know all about my family in Spain and their experiences during the Inquisition and their movement to Turkey and Morocco.
I'm also very aware of the difference between the Sephardic Jew religious ceremonies vs. that of the Ashkenazic having experienced both.
I don't think I'm being close-minded. I grew up in a family where the two cultures were mixed and there was never a problem. I always felt that if you're Jewish, than you're Jewish and just could never understand why there's almost a preference in our own religion. We deal with so much predjudice from others only to create a bias within ourselves but this is way off topic from the intention of the thread.
Maybe in religious aspects such as Orthodox vs. Reform but I just never thought the difference between being Ashkenazic and Sephardic was so drastic that it meant you would only date one or the other. If that makes me ignorant, than so be it.