 Given such considerations, it has been argued that although race-based selection should not be condemned in all cases it is important to “soften the prominence of race in donor selection by taking measures to frustrate wholesale filtering of sperm donors on the basis of race” (Fox 2009: 1893). Others still note that those who desire to select for race-linked characteristics for these ‘less objectionable’ reasons must still consider the wider consequences of doing so. Maung (2019), for example, suggests that while a desire to respect the rights of marginalised communities to maintain their ethnic identities, and to ensure that donor conceived children from historically subjugated ethnic groups develop a positive ethnic identity, and reap the benefits of belonging to a community with a rich shared history, such concerns should be “counterbalanced by the concern about capitulating to the racialist assumptions that enabled that subjugation in the first place” (Maung 2019:115). Berkowitz &amp; Snyder (1998), Agar (2004) and Marway (2018) make similar points when considering the question of race-based selection of offspring. They suggest that while the aim of increasing the life prospects of one’s children in racist and homophobic societies by selecting for heterosexual and light skinned offspring is not objectionable, such practices should not be permitted. For, not only would such selection collude with prejudice, constituting an inappropriate response to a social problem, but it would likely also undermine attempts to change racist and homophobic social attitudes and practices.