text: if a wasp man had an italian-american or a jewish girlfriend would this be an interracial couple? just wondering, not that race matters, but i have a friend who is your typical wasp american and his girlfriend is italian-american, i have another friend who is a wasp american who's girlfriend is jewish. are they interracial couples or not? to a degree yes they used to be considered so - as the italian gal is probably catholic.  the two religions were considered like to different ethincities.  one thing i would warn him about -- generally ethnic familied have lots of traditions and such -- as a wasp he may or may not have them - generally not so.... he will need to know that these family traditions are as important as the family itself.