I enjoyed reading your post as always, and I agree with you that Kipling used "Without Benefit of Clergy" to bring out feelings of empathy from readers and let readers become aware of all the difficulties that interracial couples face. It made me empathetic to the couple’s predicament while reading this story. Thank goodness interracial couples are not an issue today, and it is common and acceptable. However, I do remember as a young child, growing up in the late 60’s, and 70’s, dating or marriage outside your race was looked down upon and was basically a
