On race, class, and the classical music bubble

A fun story.

I’m a half-Tatar by blood. Tatars are a small scattered central Asian muslim nationality with white skin and black, vivid, slightly alongated eyes. During my childhood, every summer I was living with Tatars in Crimea (then Ukraine), learning to appreciate Tatar cuisine, their love to wine, and the delightful grace which they carry in their poor lifestyle. Like Uzbek and Mongol, Tatar women often wear braids in their hair.

Traditional central Asian braids are made at some length unlike the afro braids: